How often do you interact with your neighbors?

[jensu846]

never. never. the one time my neighbor spoke to me was to ask me to snow blow her drive way since she saw me doing mine. I thought, you cranky ol bitch, you have never spoken to me or waved in passing (which I have and later regretted when she doenst wave back.) Anyway, I told her ,sorry cant do it. Boy was she mad, slammed her door and have yet to hear from her again. last I looked, she has a for sale sign on her lawn.. good riddance bitch! oh, and shes not an old woman otherwise I would have considered it, she has a boyfriend that lives there. they're both in their 40's and they are both very capable of shoveling themselves.

 

[JayHawk]

I know just about all of my neighbors in our section... I think there are fourteen buildings with a shared staircase on each side of each building that accesses 12 units. So the 12 in my group I see all the time when headed to work or walking the dog and we pass idle chat. The folks who care for the ground I talk to all the time. Of course I have never met an enemy and will start a conversation with just about anybody and about anything.

 

[ibill1]

I live on a double cul-de-sac. When we bought this house 35 yrs. ago it was mostly retired naval officers and their wives. It didn't take them long to figure out that two guys in their 20's buying a house together were Mo's. It never was an issue and we were very neighborly. Most of them have passed on and people our age have moved in. No Mo's that I'm aware of but there are a few I'm not sure about. When Steve passed they all came by with the normal condolences and I was touched how they refered to him as my partner or husband. I cringed on the few that refered to me losing my "friend". I've been here a long time but I think it's necessary to try to connect to at least a couple of nearbys in case disaster strikes and you can go pounding on their door for help at 4am.

 

[derelictdarrel]

I can count the times with one hand in the two years or so I lived here.

I did notice we got new neighbors. My job keeps me out of town for two weeks at a time, so they were looking at me like 'who's this guy'..
That misandric psycho-bitch who lived upstairs from me moved out... She wasnt murderd unfortunatly..

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

this where whiteboxs cum from?

ha

 

[secondmonkey]

Depends on what you mean by "interact". The guy on my left is an asshole. He calls the police if I park an inch out of place or the dog farts. I pour weedkiller on his yard at night. I bark at him when he walks by.

The guy on the right I'll wave at but I don't see him much. I think his wife recently moved out and I'm still not sure how many kids live there. It's been like 8 years. He's got a cool bar built under his house that he showed me once.

The lady across the street just lost her house, after loosing her job 3 years ago. I helped her sell everything she owned on craigslist and ebay 'cause she didn't have a dime or any place to take her stuff. The only neighbor I really liked, and she got dragged out by the cops...

The people behind me have a nice pool/hot tub and they're always enjoying it loudly...and they never invite me. They're assholes too.

 

[diesel]

the elderly couple on one side died a few years back and the tenant moved so the house is empty but the son who lives elsewhere keeps it maintained; on the other side and against my backyard both never come out in their backyards; so although the houses are very close to each other It's pretty cool that I can swim in my pool and hang out in semi-privacy. And, on the diagonal is a family with young kids, they're really friendly and the guy is a hunk so I love to talk to him and stare into his sexy eyes. the people across the street are older and it's basically a very friendly hello and how are you. They'll drop off figs and tomatoes from their gardens from time to time. so, it's basically nice, but I wish that there were more people out front that I can chill with on the weekends or early evenings, or party with, but you got to be careful what you wish for. Some folks have horror stories and creepy people. I know what I have and it's okay.

 

[mikey3000]

Yesterday one of my neighbours OD'd himself in his back yard. He was an old man who's wife had recently been put into a home for her dimentia. Yet he was active and chatting with other neighbours right up till the end. Actually, just a couple days ago another neighbour asked if he'd be interested in selling his home as it was way too big for him to manage alone. I wonder if that conversation had anything to do with it.

 

[racer2438]

Pretty much most of the time, and we have BBq parties at all 3 houses (ours, and the one on each side) Plus we watch our homes when we go on vacations. So it works well for us....We don't hang out other than the parties, and we bring vegies that we grow back on forth.

 

[jmadaf]

One of my neighbors fucks me when his live in girlfriend goes out of town for her job.

 

[pat grimshaw]

I've lived in various neighborhoods. I just can't bring myself to care. I celebrate the holidays with my friends who I love, not people who I didn't choose as my neighbors. I've lived in Manhattan once and several places in denser parts of Brooklyn. I like it that way, to be honest.

I wonder why you feel that way?

Is it because you believe in the Byronic concept of the 'Outsider Artist', the 'Artist in constant battle with the Philistines'.

 

[Nankaface]

I don't talk to any single one of my neighbors. They all seem to be loud and obnoxious. The only one I want to talk to is the cute neighbor next door, but the most we've ever done is wave hello for a few seconds.

 

[chillyboi]

let me count the ways
Zero
Zilch
Notta

 

[cgymike]

I said hi to the people live below me tonite - they were out front having a fag. I couldn't be bothered to get to know them though, apart from their yappy dog, they are quiet. Important in a flat.....

^ Shame about UK Nova...I do miss the tracker!

 

[Scealle]

I have lived in my current apartment for 2 years and only few days ago, the unit across me is rented out. The one to my right I hardly saw them at all, only last month I saw 2 girls and 1 guy locking the main gate as they are leaving. I also hardly saw anyone coming out from the unit to my left. It's also probably because I have a lot of afternoon classes and usually work starts in the morning.

 

[csb999]

completely the opposite of all of you , which would seem usual . Now I am completely disabled , never even go out in my yard so my social life is zero . Until a few years ago 3 of 4 neighbours I would call very good friends , quite close , knew of their families . Small town politics . Addenda : an island , which doubtless changes things .

 

[theworldwithout]

One of my neighbors I talk to at least 2 or 3 times a week. She's an older woman, so about once or twice a week she'll come over and ask me if I can help her with gardening/digging flower bed/cut grass, and she'll help and we'll talk while doing it. Sometimes we might catch each other outside and just small talk a bit.

My other neighbor, also an older woman, not very much. The most we usually talk is if she comes over because she'll need to borrow an egg/flour/ect, but that's not very often.

 

[nfgrls]

the town house I live in now when I happen to run into a few of them while walking dogs or what not I will make small talk if they try to but I dont really like people I don't know so I am fine walking right by. The last two houses I live in for about 5 years total I never talked to any of the neighbors once.

 

[Kahaih]

Not too often, unless we are counting taking potshots and the like.

I once sent two little neighbor girls on their way crying when they wandered into my yard to pick flowers and pet my horses. Then when I saw their parents, I scolded them, too.

I don’t live 30 minutes from the nearest town because I like to chat with neighbors. And, besides, the city folk/neighborhood imports/renters’ kids were already stupid enough without getting horse-kicked in the head.