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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my kids were young I lived in one of these "idyllic" neighborhoods where the parents were all friends, the kids played and were friends, etc.  It is a lifeline when kids are little.  Toward the end I really, really wanted to get away from the kid immediately next door.

It has an underbelly.  There will be drama.  And then you live in the middle of the drama.  Kids will most definitely NOT all stay friends.

We moved when my kids were later elementary and I am thrilled to live on a street where I am friendly with all and friends with none of them.   I have friends that aren't based on physical location.[/quote]

+1, exact same experience.

Also, in my old neighborhood, the super "social" people were mostly just alcoholics. At first I just thought they enjoyed hanging out and were unusually social. And then I realized a lot of them were pretty much always drunk or blazed at these neighborhood get-togethers. It could be 5pm trick or treating or 1pm at a Memorial Day BBQ, and they are already tanked. I am not a teetotaler, but I quickly started bowing out of these events because I don't enjoy hanging out with people who are that inebriated that often over the age of 35 or so. Especially not as a parent at events where kids are present too. There were also hints of other issues (affairs, messiness with relationships and money that were discussed publicly, a lot of gossip about other people in the neighborhood whenever they weren't around). My DH and I definitely backed away slowly after accepting a few invites from the "neighborhood crew" to hang out. I'm sure they wound up deciding we were snobs and "unfriendly". It was such a relief to move and not be around that anymore.[/quote]

This describes Harbor View in Lorton to a tee. [/quote]

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