Where have all the villagers gone?

I love the old adage that it "takes a village to raise a child". In today's society I think the saying may be more appropriate than the era in which the term was coined. I look around me and find that I've got the children but am sorely lacking in the whole village department. Where have all the villagers gone? I joke with my husband that the bloggers I follow online are my friends. I suppose I am hoping that I will be able to substitute the physical village with a virtual one. Calling one, calling all, want to join my village? There will be cookies...