genuinely one of the best pieces of advice I can give kids these days is: stop viewing the people around you as people around you and start viewing them as your community
look for ways you can contribute to their well being look for the ways they are already contributing to yours get to know people if you see them commonly stop thinking of people you see as faces on the street and turn them into individuals
if someone greets you on the street you greet them back ask how people's days are going share tidbits about yourself to people read how to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie I'm so serious