They probably said the same thing when automobiles were invented and people stopped staying local to 'hang out' with their neighbors.

Realistically it's the reason why you don't see much of your neighbors anymore. Cars, they are affordable to all and peoples lives have become modular... you go here for food, you go here for fun, you go here to take your boat, you go here to go sking, you go here to do this, etc... You don't stay home to do ANYTHING but sleep or watch TV anymore.

We haven't watched TV (shows not movies) in 2 months, and our new house we wont have satellite or cable by choice either.

Internet to do work, the rest of the time will be spent working on the house or doing something OUTSIDE like when I was growing up.

Even though I grew-up in the coming of the 'digital age' my parents did not let us get a nintendo, atari, etc, until YEARS after they came out. We spent our time outside building forts, playing with bb guns, bows and arrows, cap guns, etc.