Are you friends with your neighbors?

[KimberlyH]

Date: 5/26/2007 1:25:30 PM
Author: surfgirl
Kim, if you can tell me which hoods you''re looking at I can tell you more about them perhaps...

surfgirl, Thanks for the offer! My husband is a rare bird, a native San Diegan, so we are in great shape as far as knowing the lay of the land; it''s going to be all about finding a house that accomodates our needs in our price range in one of the two areas we want to live and we''re feeling really positive about it based on the houses that are currently on the market. For some reason (it''s gotta be your screen name) I picture you living in PB or OB (I love the shops there!). That''s neither here nor there, just thought I''d share a random thing that ran through my head.

Thanks so much for sharing, everyone! I''ve had terrible neighbors and terrific neighbors, so I was suprised to hear my hubbys thoughts on this, but when we drive around residential areas I notice more now that it''s quite rare to see people in their front yards.

phoenix, that whole murder investigation thing is just too wierd. That poor family!

phoenix, lumpkin, innerkitten, diver, Cehra and sum your neighborhoods sound like such great places to live! And I''m seeing no pattern in regards to location.

 

[Kaleigh]

I live outside of Phialdelphia on a small private road. We are friendly with most of our neighbor''s. We have BBQ''s and a Christmas party. BUT we have one neighbor that decided to run a business out of her hourse, she turned our nice quiet street into well a not so quiet street. All the nieghbor''s were furious, mainly because she tried to deny that the cars that came to her house Monday through Friday, 9-5 were not employee''s but family members. She''d have big sales and cars lined the street blocking people''s driveways and fire hydrants. Eventually she got shut down. Her house faces mine, so it''s a bit awkward. But as I pass her I smile and wave.

Funny thing, she was running a jewelry business. I was ok with it in the beginning, but having all that traffic and 2 UPS trucks a day going to her house got under the skin of all the other neighbors. When she moved in and said she had a small business, I thought no big deal. But it turned out to be a big deal.

 

[diamondfan]

I live on a cul de sac, and was one of the first people on my street. I really can say I like most of my neighbors, and count one of them as one of my closest friends. They are all lovely and helpful for the most part. I am very lucky that way. though I would like to have more land so we still consider moving. We always say though how lucky we are to have such great neighbors, and know we may not find that elsewhere!

 

[allycat0303]

We live on a cul to sac too. I know the people beside us, an elderly couple we exchange waves, and a middle age couple on the other side. I think my guy knows them more because he likes to garden and mow the lawn (....and all sorts of things which I find really blah..) so I don''t know them really. I''m always inside studying, so not must time for interaction.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

We live in NC and we are friendly with two of our neighbors. We just moved to our new house about 6 months ago so I am hoping with the warm weather we will get to know more of them. The two families we know are really sweet and offer to help me with the gardening, bring our mail in when we are out of town, that kind of thing. We do wave when we see other neighbors out so it is a friendly area. There is a neighborhood BBQ is August so I am sure we will meet more then.

 

[zoebartlett]

Sadly, we don''t know our neighbors at all, and we''ve now lived in our condo for almost 1.5 years. We''ve met the woman across the hall, but I just know her name and that she''s lived here for a number of years. We''ve met our next door neighbor when they came to ask if their new baby was keeping us up at night whenever he cried. He apologized and I basically said he was being silly. Babies are supposed to cry and besides, the walls are not that thin.

I''d love to meet (and ideally, become friends with) our neighbors but people pretty much keep to themselves. Also, living in a condo complex with no pool, tennis court, or clubhouse is a little frustrasting. Aside from the lack of amenities, our complex doesn''t lend itself to gatherings. I''m a much more social person than my FI and while this doesn''t bother him, I hate that we don''t know anyone. Luckily, my parents live about 20-25 minutes away.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 5/28/2007 8:17:38 PM
Author: Kaleigh
I live outside of Phialdelphia on a small private road. We are friendly with most of our neighbor''s. We have BBQ''s and a Christmas party. BUT we have one neighbor that decided to run a business out of her hourse, she turned our nice quiet street into well a not so quiet street. All the nieghbor''s were furious, mainly because she tried to deny that the cars that came to her house Monday through Friday, 9-5 were not employee''s but family members. She''d have big sales and cars lined the street blocking people''s driveways and fire hydrants. Eventually she got shut down. Her house faces mine, so it''s a bit awkward. But as I pass her I smile and wave.


Funny thing, she was running a jewelry business. I was ok with it in the beginning, but having all that traffic and 2 UPS trucks a day going to her house got under the skin of all the other neighbors. When she moved in and said she had a small business, I thought no big deal. But it turned out to be a big deal.

I just saw this. Crazy! I couldn''t imagine one of my neighbors doing that. Glad she can no crowd the streets w/customers!!!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

We''re on only a wave-and-say-hi basis w/our neighbors, but our kids all socialize & play together every week. I live just outside of Seattle and my house along with all our neighbors are situated on 1-acre lots, so we have to sort of walk across each others property to make conversation, which we usually only do if we''re coming to pick up our kids from a play date.

 

[VegasAngel]

Same as MC for us, wave & hi basis. It''s really hard to get to know anyone more than that because Las Vegas is a 24/7 city with people working all different hours. Besides that honestly, folks here really arent friendly. When I talk to people who have recently moved to Vegas, 99% of the time they mention how hard it is to make friends/meet new people. Sad.