I witnessed this transition you mention. My family moved to a big apartment building following the big earthquake we had in 1977. All the other tenants were in the same situation and they brought with them the sense of community they had before. For a number of years it was all people being friendly, neighborly, but then people started moving in and the sense of community was gone. In her last years, my mother barely knew anyone in the building.
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It's interesting that the first residents continued their socializing and sense of community even after their living conditions changed! I think the will/desire to engage in that has to be there, for sure.