Every election season we hear politicians promise to invest in infrastructure. They talk about roads, bridges, water systems, broadband, and electrical grids. Those investments matter. Communities cannot thrive without them. But I wonder if we have overlooked another kind of infrastructure that may be just as important. It is the infrastructure of relationships. Think about your own neighborhood. If a storm knocked out the power tonight, who would you check on? If you had a medical emergency, which neighbor would notice something was wrong? If a new family moved in next door, who would introduce themselves first? These questions have very little to do with concrete or asphalt. They have everything to do with connection, belonging and community trust. For decades we have assumed that neighbor connectnos would simply happen on its own. Yet modern life has quietly worked against it. Longer commutes, busy schedules, garage doors that close with the push of a button, and digital entertainme...