In the past, the vast majority of people lived in rural areas and small towns where it was truly shocking to encounter a genuine stranger. today, most of us live in cities where we are constantly surrounded by total strangers. this leads directly to:

social atomization

Explanation:

social atomization - In sociology it is refer to that analysis which illustrate the social functioning of society. Previously, people are so much indulge in each other that they hardly find any stranger. However as the time is changing thus the people social contacts are also changing. Now a days people are so much busy in their own schedule that they hardly find any time to interact with others. Therefore there are large number of stranger than before

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