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How many people really know you? Are there people who know what circumstances tend to overwhelm you?

We're in the middle of an old radio series called Survival Skills, and in this

11th episode of the series, Paul Tripp explains why the body of Christ is designed to pursue

intentionally intrusive community. Check out the show notes to see where you can find the first

10 episodes of the series. Here's Paul with Pursue Community.

I came across a very interesting article in USA Today that I want to read to you.

For all its crowds, Manhattan may be the country's loneliest metropolis.

It has the highest percentage of single-person households of any country in the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. I think it's the best way to live,

says James Connoboy 35, a musician who, after years of living with roommates, spent a morning

this week hunting for a small apartment in Manhattan's

East Village.

If you want to make a mess, you can make a mess.

If you want to paint the walls of certain color, you can do it.

Privacy explained has special value in New York where people spend their days surrounded

by people.

Living alone in a rural setting wouldn't be as appealing to him.

Lured by a dizzying social scene and studio

apartments, some 300,000 people were living alone in Manhattan at the time of the 2000 census.

Solo's accounted for 48% of all of the households on the island, putting Manhattan way ahead

of other single magnets like

Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Denver, and San Francisco. And overall, the report said the number of

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