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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, this used to be much more common.  Nowadays, not so much.  And the other side, when I moved into my first house, in 1995, after about 2 months, I had a house warming party and even though I invited most people by email (yes, even then), I made sure to print out invitations, write a quick hand note saying I'd love to meet my new neighbors) and dropped a copy in each of the 5 house adjoining mine (3 houses across the street and one on either side).  4 of the 5 neighbors stopped in, 2 even brought a dish to share, even though it didn't ask for it and welcomed me to the neighborhood.   They stayed between 15 minutes and about an hour.  The last one, found me after the party, apologized for having a confict, but still welcomed me to the neighborhood.  And I was on good terms with them the 11+ years that I lived there.  Then we moved into our new neighborhood, and I did the same, although it was 6 neighbors this time.  This time, not one of them stopped in or ever said a word to me.  How sad.  The people in this neighborhood I know are from further away.  I still know no one within a block of my house.[/quote]

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