Is there however some social, common or communal space that you can more or less easily reach to be involved in routine social interaction?
I live in the rural midwest, so for me the answer is that there is church; and nothing else unless I want to drive for more than an hour out of town, which I can't do on my leg right now, really. And I do not like to go there, because they do not respect me, or share my values.
That def. sounds understandable. It is a hard situation. When I lived in a slightly more rural region than now we had some associations and groups which would drive around to bring events to small (read 1000-2000 pop) places and to fetch people who were not able to commute themselves for other events. However it is was from perfect.
I live in the rural midwest, so for me the answer is that there is church; and nothing else unless I want to drive for more than an hour out of town, which I can't do on my leg right now, really. And I do not like to go there, because they do not respect me, or share my values.
That def. sounds understandable. It is a hard situation. When I lived in a slightly more rural region than now we had some associations and groups which would drive around to bring events to small (read 1000-2000 pop) places and to fetch people who were not able to commute themselves for other events. However it is was from perfect.