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, porch...