Rate how close you are with your neighbors

[Anonymous]

10 for one house who have become some of our best friends (we have shared many a Christmas Eve or Thanksgiving dinner with them).

5 for the rest (4 houses); we have each others' emails and phone numbers, take in packages, share handmen (if one of us hires a tree prunner we'll share with the rest) chat on occasion, host bbqs, but are also free to rush on by (there is never an obligation to talk).

[Anonymous]

6 on one side; 1 on the other;3 to the one behind us. And we've lived here for 25+ years.

[Anonymous]

Solid 9. Would be really upset if any neighbors moved! We get together often and chat for hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I smile, I say hi, I can make a minute of friendly chit chat here and there -- but that is where it ends. I'm older and I have learned that it is important to keep a polite distance.

I've lived in a handful of places, and it usually takes about two years to figure out where the lines lay when you move into a new neighborhood. Everyone is polite up front. It is only later when you find out who hates who, who has had a bad exchange with a neighbor, who is the narcissist (there is always at least one), who exhibits sociopathic tendencies (there is always one), etc. Usually it rips wide open after a few years and you get the real lay of the land.

Yeah, I gladly keep to myself.

+1. I’ve lived in my neighborhood over 10 years and pp is correct. I have elementary aged kids and we were with neighbors all of the time during COVID. As time wore on, we caught on to the users, the fakes, the narcissist, and the sociopath.

Luckily my kids have gotten older and heavily involved in activities outside of the neighborhood. I don’t see them much anymore. Keep it friendly but don’t be too close!!

[Anonymous]

I have 3 neighbors that are 10s. I feel incredibly lucky.

[Anonymous]

Awful. I wish I had neighbors of my own race. Tried reaching out to atleast 6 families none responded. People here are so uptight and stuck up. I’ve been here too long to return back to my home country. This is home now.