I agree. Please notice that "e-people" are ones we have chosen to spend time with because of similar interests ..etc. In my area, there are NO preppers, backpackers or any of the types I like to spend a few minutes with.

In my area, there are folks who would spend endless times about latest i-something ( as in iPad, iPhone .. etc.) in which I have very little interest. So, the rest is to be expected. Search for like-minded people on-line. And therefore, it is to be expected that we miss these more than "real-life" folks who happen to be geographically so near, yet mentally so far from us.