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Now it’s just the parents and maybe a close friend/relative.
People are a lot less close with their neighbours given they can get that companionship online.
If you have a bad harvest (or more modernly lose your job) your neighbours aren’t likely to feed you/keep you in your home.
The saying probably includes stuff like food production and creating and maintaining shelter.
If you were a hunter-gatherer, probably the latter would be good enough, but that's where originates the difference in future potential.