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/^t/Another area where social changes can be visible is the area of interpersonal relationships. People in the Poznan region have become more indifferent towards each other since 1989. They take care only for themselves or at most for their families. Most of them do not pay any attention to their fellow-townsmen. It happens quite often that neighbours in a block of flats know hardly anything about each other. The possible reason can be that nowadays people are more absorbed by their jobs, career, and making money than they were before 1989. Another distinctive feature of the Poznan society is envy, which should be mainly understood in a financial context. The inhabitants of Poznan envy each other a better social position, success, job or a car. What seems to be even worse, they overtly show their jealousy. In extreme cases such as attitude towards the fellow-townsmen may be transformed into agression. For example, according to the police statistics more and more city dwellers use guns to solve their problems.