I know the people across the street and on either side of me.
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Zero, I don’t know a single person on my street, I know one couple and one nice gentalmen on the next street over and maybe one other couple two streets down. 67 homes and I maybe have talked to 5 families
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Once a year we throw a garden party, and my neighbors also have barbecues in our front yard from time to time and invite me over when I’m passing by. That’s why I know everyone in my building—it’s a pretty multicultural group of nice people.
I also know the neighbor in the apartment next door, since his balcony is at the same level—he’s a fellow Linux user, so we have something to chat about.
You can’t really say, though, that I’m friends with any of my neighbors. We just see each other every now and then and get along well. They’re all great people: tolerant, friendly, and nobody makes a scene out of anything (I used to have neighbors like that, which was really annoying).
I know all of them that have kids similar ages to my kids. I also have met one next door neighbor over the fence, but not as well since we have nothing in common. (the other houses around me are still under construction and so empty)
These are the people in your neighborhood.
In your neighborhood.
In your neighborhooooood...
I live in the same place I was born and am pretty old. So like I have met all sorts of people at one point or another but I really only know my family and people in my condo complex. At various times would run into dog owners walking at the same park and had sorta stronger aquantence style things. I have a real hard time with names and faces.
I have two neighbors near me. One I haven’t ever met and they have lived there for at least 12 years and the other one I know but haven’t talked to them in about 15 years.