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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved into a new subdivision when it was getting built out.  There are only 50 houses total, so most of the homeowners at least knew one another by seeing them around.  This was about 10 years ago.

[b]One neighbor always hosted an end of school and back to school party each year, which made sense for the age of the kids in the neighborhood.[/b]   They were a ton of fun, but as the kids have gone off the college, less young kids in the neighborhood.  This same neighbor does host a smaller Christmas get together that we go to.

Before COVID, we hosted a Christmas party every year that included many neighbors, but also many of our other friends as well.

Another neighbor will have at least one summer party each year - they have a great backyard for hosting - it's flat, nice pool, patio, etc.  
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That was us...with one of those sometimes turning into a Halloween Party instead. But with our youngest now a Senior in HS, those days are gone and the 160-house neighborhood hasn't turned over enough to pick it back up with the "next" generation.

Not sad though. And we're not really friends with our neighbors....just that we're good/happy/content neighbors who definitely help each other out -- with kids, elders, car repair dropoffs, snow, newspapers (yes, some still get it delivered and the ES kids giggle and race to see who can transfer it directly from the street to the front door). We have their kids and parents phone numbers and check in when appropriate. There's no Listserv or NextDoor and we all kinda like it that way. We'll miss it when we down-size in <5yrs.[/quote]

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