Nice!
Some golden nuggets of wisdom in your post.
I would love to have a bunch of nieghbors who think like you.
I am also quite envious of the "Crew" mentality your Family displays... That is something that can take a long time to build up, and it's worth quite a bit in adverse situations.

There is clear trend developing here among forum posters:
Use of teamwork will be employed to overcome obstacles.
It's funny, but I expected a much more independant streak than what is showing up in here.