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[quote=Anonymous]I think a meal train might be a southern thing?  I never heard of that until I was an adult. I read about a "welcome wagon" in books as a kid and wanted to do that but my parents said that wasn't done in real life.  There were no tragedies with neighbors that I know of, no elderly people who didn't have younger adult family members come by to shovel for them.

My parents worked the elections every November. 
My dad donated blood at our temple every year.

I think that's it. My parents were introverts and extremely private people. One time when Passover fell a couple of days before Easter my mother gave our leftover hard-boiled eggs to a Catholic acquaintance of hers, to use for an egg hunt.

I am also an introvert, but additionally, live in a really shitty neighborhood with drug-abusing neighbors so I don't really aim to get to know them. Pre-pandemic I volunteered once a week but I haven't done that since March of 2020. I don't really leave my apartment except for doctors appointments. So I'm mostly a hermit. [/quote]

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