Shocking how little self-help comes into the equation of late, rather wait for handouts then blame government.
Towns originally grew to what they became through families working together pooling resources to build homes, one at a time. Old homes built on soak pit systems (our home was on one 40 years ago), water pumps close to rivers were redirected to homes each helped each other. Skills now diminishing/lost both is working together for greater good or simply laziness.
Today everyone wants a house built for them on tax money. If the brain is not exercised it ceases to function! Pride is lost, reliant on a few for much weakens everyone.