'They don't live where we live': How communities hear each other in a divided country

'They don't live where we live': How communities hear each other in a divided country Jackie Lay Alba Lopez remembers inviting the secretary of the company she works for to a birthday party. When Lopez said, "They don't live where we live," she tapped into a sentiment we heard a lot: We know our own communities but we don't often get a chance to sit and listen to people in other communities. 'I don't think I could live another way' People we spoke with described a longing for community at a time when many social indicators, as cited by a recent Surgeon General's report, suggest the nation is experiencing an "epidemic of loneliness." Sponsor Message Pearson is getting at something similar to what Lopez, the woman from the neighborhood in Kansas City, hinted at when she said: "They don't live where we live." "What I want people to understand," said Edgar Galicia, who has lived in Kansas City since 1985, "is that we are a trying community, we are a working community."