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Do you know your neighbor’s names?
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I got the opposite experience.
Lived in a few condos when I started out. Shitloads of people you see all the time. Knew one person's name. Oddly enough she's cool and added each other to FB!
Been living in a house for 10 years. I know the names of way more neighbours around me, I even know some of their parent's names since they visit so often and even went to one of their weddings! No doubt living in a house has way more friendly people.
Lived in a few condos when I started out. Shitloads of people you see all the time. Knew one person's name. Oddly enough she's cool and added each other to FB!
Been living in a house for 10 years. I know the names of way more neighbours around me, I even know some of their parent's names since they visit so often and even went to one of their weddings! No doubt living in a house has way more friendly people.
AlteredForms
Banned
My neighbour mows my hedge as we both share it. Despite having to clean up the mess he leaves behind, we’re cool as our families are longtime neighbours.
ResilientBanana
Member
Yes, and I also know their addresses.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
My neighbours are great.
Helped me move stuff, mow my lawn and snowplow my driveway, helped me with his van pick up new furniture I bought etc.... Another neighbour gave me tip when I moved to the area (first time living in a house) about tips on weed control, patio stones. He even helped boost my car when the battery died. I knocked on his door for help. Wife said he was half asleep. Next thing you know he's up and says he'll be over in 5 minutes. Done. He probably went back to bed.
I'm single and had the least amount of experience in a house. So in return I get people free shit from work and I'll mow their lawn. I load up boxes of stuff and just hand it out. To me, it's useless to have so much shit I get and it's really just $30-40 worth of stuff. But free is free and people love it. Just like I appreciate a helping hand in return when I cant handle it by myself.
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mopspear
Member
They're probably not serial killers.
feynoob
Banned
Its stereotype of those neighbors who says "he was good guy before".
Most neighbors are sane.
Sleepwalker
Member
No, fuck em.
(We usually say hi to each other and are in friendly terms but thats it)
(We usually say hi to each other and are in friendly terms but thats it)
mopspear
Member
As I was typing, I thought "I wonder if this was a joke" but I still pulled the trigger. nevermind
daffyduck
Member
GeorgioCostanzaX
Gold Member
What’s weird about it to me is that I live much closer to all my neighbors than the neighborhood I grew up in because it’s all town houses with shared walls but I don’t know ANY of my neighbors except one guy: I don’t know his name but he beat on my door with a hammer due to perceived noise but he never introduced himself.
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Yep, I know all the neighbours around me. We have each other's phone numbers/WhatsApp and will visit each other's homes every now and again.
Nothing like bonding with your neighbours like building fences around each other's homes together
Nothing like bonding with your neighbours like building fences around each other's homes together
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
I know one of my neighbor's names, Donna.
Revolutionary
Member
Yep, thanks to my dog wanting to greet everyone when I walk him.
Rockondevil
Member
Not once have I ever.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
kurisu_1974
Member
I know the names of my neighbours across the street, but the guy to the left of me is "The Dutchman" and to the right we have "The Incel".
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
No, I live in a flat.
ahtlas7
Member
GeekyDad
Member
Yeah, pretty much the same here as well. I do know one, but that's about it. He's diagonally across from us. We met several times years ago when his sons were shooting bee-bees at our garage door, and other lovely pranks. He's a good guy, though. His twins are a-holes (think they both had crushes on my daughter). His oldest is a respectable young man; ended up a state trooper. Good kid.
The folks to our left are nice people, but I've only met them once, don't remember their names. But they're quiet and considerate toward us. Kids to the right hate us. My dog escaped one day out of a hole in our fence and scared their baby. I don't hold it against 'em. I probably would've reacted the same way. He came storming over cursing ultimatums. I think they got over it, though. He now mows a little extra on our side to help out.
There is also one lady who walks everyday. My wife and I always try to wave and smile at her. My wife, though, knows a few other folks around because she also walks the neighborhood each day. She tells me about some of the older folks and dogs she stops to talk to, etc.
I guess, what I initially said isn't totally true, then. We do seem to be at least acquainted with a few folks in our subdivision. But we've been here, I don't know, over 10 years.
RJMacready73
Banned
I have an old lady on one side whose a wee star and 2 guys on the other side who are absolute legends, proper neighbours, always thoughtful, generous and really good craic to boot, they also throw proper "grown up" dinner parties and make incredible food. I'm lucky I live in a really leafy/forestry type area so between us all we have big hedges and trees acting as boundary lines so you can be in your drive or out back and it's totally private so no obligation to chat if you didn't want to.
I love the fact that the wife and I can come back from town on a sat nite, walk past their house and if there is a light is on we'll call in for a few night caps that usually ends with us leaving in the early hours.
I would add it's great to know your neighbours well, makes it handy to borrow things, checking on each others houses when the others away, we each have keys and know alarm codes for the others house, there are many many benefits to being close with your neighbours
I love the fact that the wife and I can come back from town on a sat nite, walk past their house and if there is a light is on we'll call in for a few night caps that usually ends with us leaving in the early hours.
I would add it's great to know your neighbours well, makes it handy to borrow things, checking on each others houses when the others away, we each have keys and know alarm codes for the others house, there are many many benefits to being close with your neighbours
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FunkMiller
Member
The two below me, yep. None of us are rentals, which is rare for where I am in NW London. Not so sure on either side, as they are mostly rentals. Everybody seems fairly chill, though. Don't have any issues with noise - other than the natural amount you get in a city. Glad I'm top floor though - especially in this weird September heatwave we're having. My terrace is actually worth having right now!
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Dr.D00p
Member
ClanOfNone
Member
In the five years I've rented this house I can count on one hand the number of times I've interacted with my neighbors.
It's a golfing community, at 46 I'm the "young punk" in the neighborhood.
It's a golfing community, at 46 I'm the "young punk" in the neighborhood.
RJMacready73
Banned
Surprised they let "kids" in...
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Unconfirmed Member
The next two houses on either side and another couple across the street...kid next door basically wants to live here now, which is super annoying but they're all pretty nice. There's one couple across the street who look like they're about our age, but they never wave or say hello or anything, and we're not the only ones to notice so meh.
killatopak
Member
Used to.
Now it’s a revolving door of renters so why bother knowing them deeply when they’ll leave in the near future.
Now it’s a revolving door of renters so why bother knowing them deeply when they’ll leave in the near future.
KommonSince
Neo Member
No, they don't bother me and I don't bother them.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
“respect thy neighbors” of course
Laptop1991
Member
Yeah, we hardly speak though lol, best way to be
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I recently bought a house last year, and basically ALL of my neighbors are really nice. Turns out one of them is even the lead singer in a huge rock band. I’ve made a point to try and remember everyone’s names, even though I’m generally awful at remembering such.
I even went out of my way to make fresh squeezed lemonade for one of my neighbors yesterday after seeing him working outside in the heat. But then he left before I could give it to him
I even went out of my way to make fresh squeezed lemonade for one of my neighbors yesterday after seeing him working outside in the heat. But then he left before I could give it to him
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Billbofet
Member
Yeah, we have great neighbors in our corner of our subdivision. We have two kids, which really gets you to know your neighbors quickly.
We also have several retired folks that are always outside doing yardwork, so you end up talking with them as well.
There are a few houses that are rented out throughout our neighborhood, and they almost all skew weird as hell!
We also have several retired folks that are always outside doing yardwork, so you end up talking with them as well.
There are a few houses that are rented out throughout our neighborhood, and they almost all skew weird as hell!
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
The neighbors behind me grow lavender. And my kids do stuff with them.
my neighbors in front of me are retired musicians and toured and sang with the likes of Tina turner and many other musical groups. The wife has Alzheimer’s so I only talk to the husband most of the time.
my neighbors in front of me are retired musicians and toured and sang with the likes of Tina turner and many other musical groups. The wife has Alzheimer’s so I only talk to the husband most of the time.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Live in an up-down duplex in a big city. The neighbors in the house next door are practically family to us. Our downstairs neighbors we know by name but they don't speak a lot of English so we don't really socialize with them much.
Neighbors on the other side of the house I couldn't pick out of a line up though. Not totally sure I've even seen them.
Neighbors on the other side of the house I couldn't pick out of a line up though. Not totally sure I've even seen them.
Putonahappyface
Member
Yes I know my neighbours names and try and be polite and neighbourly.