Do you like your neighbors?

United States
February 12, 2007 10:14am CST
We are very lucky. We live on a great street and know all the people that live right around us. The people next door have 3 great kids. They seem like awesome parents. Across the street, they have 3 older kids, one of who babysits and petsits for us. It works out great. what about you? do you have good neighbors?
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@nitsy_s (1028)
• India
12 Feb 07
I am currently staying in a rented apartment... I have no idea who my neighbours are :)
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• United States
12 Feb 07
really? you don't even know the people next door to you?
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• Pakistan
13 Feb 07
Well I used to have some really good neighbours and we were really happy and used to have BBQ's and we used to hang around a lot together, go to picnics etc. But sadly they moved far away and now all we can do now is talk on the phone sometimes. We have new neighbours now but its like what people say, "Some prefer to have a life of their own" so well be it :)
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• United States
13 Feb 07
That's too bad. I understand that some do prefer to be private, but that's too bad that your friends moved away.
• United States
12 Feb 07
We know who all our neighbors are but we don't socialize. Alot of them are snobby and think they are better then we are because they have money. I'm hoping to get out of this town and move to where people are really friendly. We have tried to make friends with a couple down the street but they don't want to. That's okay. My last daughter will gradutate in 2008 and then we can sell our house and move. I can't wait.
@classy56 (2880)
• United States
12 Feb 07
i only have a couple of neighbors.an one of them dont like me very much.i called the animal control on their dogs.an i have only talked to the other one one time.they are an old couple so they are ok."sounds like you have good neighbors an you guys help each other an i think thats great..
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
12 Feb 07
We have wonderful neighbors. One is an elderly couple who are just as sweet as can be and the other is an RN. They are just great neighbors. we all look out for each others home and property. It is great thay you like your neighbors. Many are not so lucky.
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• United States
12 Feb 07
I do not like my neighbors. They are always sleeping in tents outside, and trying to be our business. They also always complain about everyone. It gets annoying! Thanks!
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• Nigeria
18 Feb 07
Not really..their kids are some of the most disrespectful I have ever seen. They broke into a garage once and tried selling stuff to us that was obviously stolen. Of course, the parents don't care..and they wonder why my kid won't come out and play.
• United States
19 Feb 07
oh my gosh! That's terrible.
@shywolf (4514)
• United States
12 Feb 07
Our neighboorhood used to be really quiet with only older people living here, for the most part. Now we have more kids running around - in our yard, which I find to be kind of rude, since I never would have run around in someone else's yard when I was a kid without asking or konwing the famiily that lived there - so I guess that I don't like some of our neighbors as much as I used to. However, there are other wonderful people who live on our street, including one of my best friend's families, who still live here and who were very helpful to us several times in our time of need. ^_^
• United States
12 Feb 07
I agree that that is sort of rude to let your kids run around in someone elses yard. I mean, it's one thing if you know the people, but to run around in a strangers yard is not polite.;
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
2 Mar 07
generally speaking yes. ALthough people tend pretty much keep to themselves, we live in a very friendly neighborhood and I have no reason to complain about my neighbors. Right beside us there's a couple with a dog like our tazz and we often go walk our dogs together. ON the other side there's an old couple from Italy that are really funny - I love to talk to them -.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
6 Apr 08
I am new to this area but I love it. The couple next to us has no kid and seems so nice but, we havent talked that long yet! But, I love here!
• Canada
2 Mar 07
I have great neighbors and live in an awesome neighborhood in the few yrs i have lived in this house i know just about everyone on the block.
• United States
11 Apr 08
My neighbors are horrible. They are all snobs. I live in an old house and all of theirs are new. I use to be the only one in the neighborhood until they built a subdivision across the street from me. Now all these new neighbors think I should move and my house should be torn down. I am going to live in it until it rots around me just to make them miserable. I was here first. I have tried to be nice and they treat me like dirt so to he** with them.
@jason_co (407)
• Philippines
10 Apr 08
Not all of them. There are some that I like and some that I don't. I usally like those neighbors that are really kind and nice to my family.
• China
24 Mar 08
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• Nigeria
18 Feb 07
Not really..their kids are some of the most disrespectful I have ever seen. They broke into a garage once and tried selling stuff to us that was obviously stolen. Of course, the parents don't care..and they wonder why my kid won't come out and play.
@ikinta (1236)
• Indonesia
15 Feb 07
we have. my sister even got married with my neighbor across the street. now they have three boys and live just a few blocks away.
@crystal8577 (1466)
• United States
13 Feb 07
I really don't interact much at all with my one neighbors. The other neighbors we see more when the weather is nice & we are all outside. They are both good neighbors except for when the one's dog is noisy.
• India
16 Feb 07
yes i love my neighbours.........
• United States
17 Feb 07
I don't like my neighbors. Here in the Philippines a lot of housewives love to gossip. They seem to know more about you than you know yourself so I don't like them. They are also too proud. When I just bought my place and renovated it, my next door neighbor who I share a wall with said my carpenter did something wrong and that she would have it torn down but it's on my side and it is not done wrong at all. I think she's full of it, it's been 2 years and she hasn't done anything. When my house was newly renovated as well, they did a tour without me knowing... can you believe that? My house is the nicest on the block, I think they are just jealous because they can't afford to do anything on theirs so they try to say bad things about me.
• Pakistan
18 Feb 07
i hatee themmm .. they are always making noises