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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a small midwestern town. We had a welcome wagon in our neighborhood, I think, but what I really remember was a sweet neighbor girl who was around 13 showing up with a pan of jello when my family moved in back in 1980, when I was 6. Our families became friends. This girl babysat me a couple times. My mom would occasionally babysit the much younger brother. 5 or 6 years later my parents helped that family load up their moving truck during a snowstorm. They moved out of state, but for the next 20 years, my mom and that mom exchanged letters and Christmas cards. This is a neighborhood where if there was a death in your family that was announced in the local paper, you’d receive a flower bouquet from all the neighbors on your street. My parents still live in that house and several of their neighbors from 1980 are still around.

I lived in a townhouse in a brand new community in Silver Spring when my twins were born. We only knew a couple neighbors. A neighbor I’d never met showed up at my door with a homemade meal and introduced herself. That simple act really touched me. I made damn sure to return the favor the following year, when she had a baby.

We now live in a SFH in a very family and community oriented suburban MD neighborhood. When we moved in, the neighbor lady a few houses down showed up with a welcome kit that included some baked goods, takeout menus from all the local restaurants, and a kid cookbook, cookie cutters and oven mitts for my girls.

3-4 years ago, a new family moved in next door and one of my kids and I dropped off brownies and introduced ourselves.

When I lived in a high rise in downtown Chicago, I definitely didn’t know any of my neighbors. The “neighborly” conversations took place with the doormen.[/quote]

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