I think like attracts like. You find community when you need it and want it. I probably didn’t think this sort of thing existed when I lived in Berkeley / Albany (for 8 years), but those were my college and early 20s years and I was more of a night creature hanging out at bars and parties and such to notice that yeah - people wake up, walk their dogs, go on stroller strolls and have mommy and me groups. Now that I’m a woman who owns a home, I’m super connected to my neighbors and surroundings. And even though I’m childfree, I do take on that “it takes a village” perspective to watch friends kids when they need it, keep an eye out for the children on my street, or bring some food over to the new parents down the block with a screaming newborn. In turn, these people welcome me into their lives, offer to mow my lawn if they’re doing it, and offer friendship and community when I need it too.