Resource hoarding- it is ugly, and commonplace here as well. I don’t have a solution, only commiseration. It really destroyed our relatively small community. Much of it externally imposed, but certainly not all; prevalent in the parents, but carries down into the children. We, speaking as parents but also for our kids, ended up feeling very alone and isolated, despite the potential for some like-mindedness. My solution, despite the strong inclination to improve things for the generation to come, was to bow out.
