Emotionally many of us are focused primarily on the future for our Children, personally and collectively. Is some ways, once we have children, our focus shifts. For some parents and grandparents all the functions of neighborhoods can be viewed in relation to development of children.
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survival | BrE səˈvʌɪvl, AmE sərˈvaɪv(ə)l | noun, no pl. 1 Überleben (Neutr.) (of tradition) Fortbestand (Mask.) (of building) Erhaltung (Fem.) ▸ fight for survival Existenzkampf (Mask.) ▸ his survival as Foreign Minister (figurative) sein politisches Überleben als Außenminister ▸ the survival of the fittest (Biology) [das] Überleben der Stärkeren 2 (relic) Überrest (Mask.)