Sometimes, we remember our childhood neighborhood just as well, or even better than, our childhood homes. For both children and grown—ups, neighborhoods are a place to play, learn, and keep in mind.

In most parts of Canadian suburbs (市郊), almost everyone on the block(街道) knows each other. Coming home together on the bus is usually just the beginning of neighboring children spending time together. Whether it’s playing soccer or running after each other around on bikes, kids often take advantage of the daylight to get some fresh air outside. When it’s hot, children can swim in a pool together. And when it’s cold, they can have snowball fights with one another.

Grown—ups also take advantage of living in a community by taking care of their neighbors. It’s convenient for neighbors to become friends because they live so close together. Neighbors will often help to look after their babies or pets.

If someone holds a party, neighbors might lend some space for guests to park their cars in. And if a postman mixes up the mail, neighbors are more than happy to return it back to its owner.

Having kind and caring neighbors can make a world of difference in how a person thinks of their home. To some people, a home may not be just the house they live in, but also the community they are a part of. Neighborhoods, just like homes, come in all different shapes and sizes. Some neighbor—hoods may have over 100 people, while others may only have a few people. But whatever the size, neighborhoods can be a powerful and memorable part of our lives, filled with neighbors well always remember.

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The future of the city is here. An American company, Sidewalk Labs, won a competition to design a new neighborhood in Canada. The competition is to make the buildings, public spaces and transportation (交通) in the area of Toronto better.

The neighborhood’s name will be “Quayside”. It will have many good and new technologies (技术). Some examples are self-driving buses and shared-ride taxi robots (机器人). There will also be fewer cars and more room for parks.

The buildings will use plastic (塑料) instead of wood or steel, so they are cheaper and easier to change. People will have user accounts (账号) to get into the fitness center, or get help fixing something. They will even be able to use them to ask the neighbors to be quieter.

There are also many worries about the project. One is that there is already a housing problem in Toronto, and Quayside may not help with that. So it is important for Quayside to be made for all kinds of people, rich and poor, old and young.

Another is about data (数据) collection. People are worried about their privacy (隐私). However, Dan Doctoroff, the CEO of Sidewalk Labs says that the data will only be used to improve things in Quayside

As this kind of neighborhood is new and different, there will be many things to do. But it will be interesting to see how this future neighborhood works.