New York Times: Won't you be his neighbor?

WITHAM, England — Like many new housing developments in these troubled times, Homebridge Village retirement community is not currently bursting with tenants. But it is keeping up its standards, said a spokesman for Baker Tilly, the receiver that took over when the owner went bankrupt. There is just one resident. Someday he hopes to get a neighbor. “It would be nice if, when you’re out there and it’s dark, you could see someone with their lights on or hear the sound of someone’s television set to music,” said Mr. Harrington, 86. “It would be nice to have people, someone just sitting there chatting to you, what they want to do, their families. Anything.”