Gates, trains and meetings.

I went into town for a meeting this morning, then back home on the train.  No strange conversations overheard this time, most people were plugged into headphones and their mobiles.  Why is no-one present in the present time anymore?  We have watched the house in the main pic decay over the last year or so. We think that it has been sold to a developer, but it is very undeveloped at the moment.  At the church I thought the sign in the extra was very appropriate.  I hope I go in that direction and not the other.