How many of you know your neighbours?  

We don't know any of our neighbors. We moved into our house about two years ago and no one welcomed us to the neighborhood or anything. I think if someone were to move in and they had kids I would say something to them or maybe make them some goodies-old fashioned I know but I would do something nice for them!

We live a out in the country and though we all keep to ourselves for the most part we in the "neighborhood" know we can count on each other in an emergency or would be welcome to stop by for a visit. I am fairly reserved by nature as are most of the folks here (down east yankees!) I kind of like the fact that we don't literally live in each other's backyard. I like my privacy and I respect others' as well. I have noticed a trend as new houses go up around me that folks moving in from other areas (mostly out of state) expect big neighborhood welcoming committees and will hold open houses if none are forthcoming. To each is own, I guess. That's just not my thing. I will stop and chat while walking the dogs or give a friendly wave hello if I am out gardening and they stroll by, but that's about it!

I think god has been great to me - as i always have had Great neighbors. My best friend was also my neighbor.
But i think we should make the 1 st move if the neighbour does not approach.
At least u tried

Actually like I said in another thread, I make a point of getting to know my neighbours and actually for the past 10 yrs in 3 different homes I've gotten very close wiht them...well here at this house its actually my husband that is close with them...I know them and adore them but we only know each other to say Hi and good morning type thing..

In my old neighborhood, I knew the whole block. Sometimes we'd hang out in someone's ront yard and chit chat all night. We had a lot of fun, even had block parties. I loved that block. M y neighbors were the best.
Where I am now, I know a few of the neighbors. We help out one of our neighbors and he helps us in return. But we're in a rental house and moving out soon (i hope). This neighborhood is a KB homes development and it's so poorly built. Half the houses on my street are empty because people are moving out left and right. Heck, some homeowners are so upset about their houses they gave them back to the bank and jus LEFT. SO I'm not interested in making a ton of friends here... it's not a happy place.

hey..this is an amazing topic!!..guess what??..we're like u too..we dont have much negotiation with neighbours..well..almost!!..my family usually doesnt socialize well..but my mom's really close with this tenent upstairs....they get along very well..and exchange a lot of gifts very often..but that all..n ya..my grandmom is one of my neigbours..and we visit each other thousands of times in a week..lol..but the others..its just hi bye!!..we dont talk much..but i should say thats bcoz...they are pretty noisy and big mouths..like what u call gossipping!!..lol..we hate gossipping..so my mom usually doesnt talk with the other neighbours..but its always..hi-bye!:)

yep. if someone new has moved in into our neighborhood, i'll gladly welcome them. not by going to their house and introduce myself. but give them a smile when i get to meet them one day.

i have a neighborhood which loves to spread gossip about people. and i don't like such scene. so, i don't really go out and spend time with my neighbor since i know that i am just wasting time talking about other people's lives, sharing gossips.

but i do know their faces and some, i know their names. when i go out of the house and meet them, i just give them a smile and i'm happy with that.

i don't really know them but i have met them and talked to most of them at least one time. i live in an apartment building with 5 tenants. i have talked to 4 of them. the other guy just stays to himself and plays his music really loud early in the morning. it doesn't bother me though because my bedroom is on the other side of his living room and i barely hear it. no i don't know my neighbors in the building next door or across the street or anything. my neighborhood just stays to themselves. no one bothers anyone and personally i prefer it to be that way. i don't like anyone in my business. if someone came and welcomed me to the neighborhood i would be like ok so what do you want? seriously. i wouldn't say that to their face but i sure would be thinking it. lol. if they brought food or something i'd accept it lol. but then i'd be forced to be nice and talk to them everytime i seen them.

I do not know any of my neighbors I have owned my house for 15 years, every other house in my area is a rent house, people come & go. I will say hello to my neighbors if I see them outside but that is it.Most people that live here are on government assistance. I find it best to keep to myself. I have befriended several neighbors in the past, before I knew it, they were bothering me all the time, wanting to borrow my phone, wanting a ride here or there, needing sugar,etc. I got to where I would not answer the door. They would not give up. My car was there, they knew I was home.I do not feel well, and am disabled. I have a hard time makeing it myself.. I like to be left alone. I need peace & quit. I also had some things come up missing after I befriended one of these neighbors, So I just think It is better to keep to your self.I am not rude to any of them but do not become friendly either. I also have a swimming pool, and everyone wants to come and use it when they know I have one, but they never offer to help maintain it.

Times have changed, that's for sure. I can remember my mother baking cookies or pie for new neighbors, bringing it to them and getting acquainted. She would tape her name and address on the container that she put the goodie in so that when the people finished eating it, they would have an excuse to bring back the dish and see where she lived.

I usually didn't do that but having 5 kids, sooner or later I would meet the neighbors; they were usually parents of friends of my kids.

Maybe we should go back to the old traditions, it seems like some people think that they can move into a neighborhood and they can get away with almost anything. Some people have parties all night, loud music, messy yards and don't even try to keep up their house. If they knew that their neighbors were paying attention to the neighborhood and were aware of what was going on, I think most people would try harder to behave themselves.

Of course, some people just don't care....