Neighborhood watch programs are fading in the age of Ring and Nextdoor
America's classic neighborhood watch programs are fading as AI -powered apps turn neighborhoods into digital watch zones. Why it matters: The automation of neighborhood safety with tools like Amazon's Ring and the Nextdoor app is quietly dismantling one of the country's most basic forms of civic life: neighbors who actually know each other. What's replacing it is faster, smarter — and far more detached. Shared videos of "suspicious" strangers and wildlife alerts are in; out are block captains, …



