Do you know your neighbors?

[Tooned Up]

The “Never Forget” thread got me thinking, how many of my neighbors I know well enough to call a friend or actually hang out with? 9/11 brought that old time closeness back together in my old neighborhood albeit just a short time. My current neighborhood which I’ve loved for 13 plus years I know 6 families, 3 of which I have their phone number and of those 3 I talk to one regowhen we are outside together as we both have a love for things with engines. When I grew up, I pretty much knew everyone on my street and they damn sure knew my dad. Back then it wasn’t uncommon for neighbors to be lifelong friends, people you could call family, and know they would have your back through most anything. Has technology and the fear of letting kids actually play outside or so many households requiring dual income eliminated all of this, or all we all just so caught up in life happening we no longer make it a priority?

 

[DLC]

I am social w/ most of my neighbors….

My wife doesn’t know the old long term neighbors moved away, 3 years ago… and new people moved in…
lol

we have been here over 25 years!

 

[77charger]

I talk to my neighbors when I see them outside luckily have good ones

 

[TrollerDave]

I think people are more busy now then when we grew up. Plus, the communities are not just your block. Kids go to schools on the other side of town, travel teams could be across multiple cities. There’s more things for families to do, all different sports and activities to be involved with. How many people spend summer at the river AND winter in the desert.
This stuff doesn’t leave much time to hang out with neighbors.
Plus the diversity in cultures of your area. You can be friendly, but if you don’t have the same interests, it usually leaves interactions to just a wave or conversation about the weather.
When we moved into our house about 12 years ago, our kids were 4 and 5. Most of the other kids were high school or older. My daughter had a couple of neighbor girls that she was close with, but my boy didn’t really have anybody. It was sad. Plus, a lot of kids don’t play outside too much, either video games or scared parents.

 

[SoCalDave]

I am social w/ most of my neighbors….

My wife doesn’t know the old long term neighbors moved away, 3 years ago… and new people moved in…
lol

we have been here over 25 years!

X2

 

[whiteworks]

I know a few of them by name and know what they do, but mostly I just wave and I prefer it that way.

My next door neighbor will come over once in a while and have a bourbon out on the back patio and watch a game. His wife’s a ball buster, he doesn’t get out much. He’s a chill dude, and doesn’t seem phased by the ball busting, some dudes like that shit.

 

[PlanB]

We know most of our neighbors at both houses, but the house right next to us in Havasu sold since we were there last. We don't hang out with any of them though.

 

[DRYHEAT]

I know all my neighbors well except the Californians at the end of the street seem a bit perplexed when I wave, maybe I look like a methhead, I don’t know.

 

[dread Pirate]

I live very rural and really only see my neighbors on the road to town or days at the swimming hole. However I know everyone on my road and have their numbers in my phone. At any moment you can call and have a group show up in and emergency.

 

[evantwheeler]

I know so many neighbors, im known as the guy that knows everyone, and ive only lived here for 4 years. I make it a point to wave and make eye contact with every single person that drives by when im out in the yard. I know more people than folks that have lived here for 2 decades. I belive in community and helping others.

I would say i talk to a neighbor almost daily rather in person on the phone or text. Today my neighbor Steve called to let me know one of the dogs was poking her head under the fence so he shored it up with a new board. When i was out of town a month back another neighbor called and asked if i needed anything taken care of when hurrican Hillary was inbound, and he went over and made sure my boat cover was ready for the rain, which it wasn’t. Neighbors are supposed to look out for the best interest of the hood.

I’ve done lots for neighbors, tractor work, manual labor, mechanical help, an ear to chew on….. at times it can be a bit much, some weekends i feel i lose 4 hrs with people stopping by to talk or catch up.

Be the neighbor you would want living next door….

 

[The Prisoner]

 

[LuauLounge]

Same place since 1986. 3 of the 4 homes were real close, dropped to 2 when one moved out to live with his 20 year younger girlfriend, who became wife, then ex, moved out again. Other neighbors were fun. We took a bunch of cruises together, if you heard music, party crash time. He had a 450lb a day ice machine right inside the gate. Fourth of July one year, came home to a 2 foot high glob of plastic in the driveway. Spontaneous combustion in 2 five gallon buckets. A spent firework got dropped in the unspent bucket or so I was told. If you put out the garbage cans before dark, you'd seldom get back by midnight and always drunk. We have a 100' fence that fell met it's demise and that asshole won't even discuss it, or at least was the story the ins agents got. Had the fence replaced and went on a cruise with the excess proceeds. Didn't replace the fence for a year because between us we had a 25k sqft backyard with 2 pools and spas, looked nice. His wife was bugging him she wanted a new house, he told her to go buy one, because he's not moving. She bought a place in Truckee, CA, she'd go up on Wednesday, he'd go up on Friday or just stay home.
Unfortunately, he passed away last year. There are stories that go on and on...........

 

[Albert]

I wave thats it

 

[Shlbyntro]

I know my neighbors at the marina, and we have a tendency to drop in on eachothers boats all the time. Not so much at home tho, I imagine the 10ft tall quarried block wall doesn't help much

 

[farmo83]

One of my neighbors are assholes and rude, I respond in kind.

The rest of them are super nice and friendly but we don't interact much. Most of my street are people at or near retirement so they are just at a different phase in life then us having a 1 year old. I commute downtown so when I get home I really do not want to do very much anyway. One couple across the cul de sac is our age and has kids so we spend some time with them and they are cool.

 

[Crazyhippy]

Know more of my neighbors in NC after 18 months, than I did in CA after 7yrs...

 

[wash11]

Closest neighbor and I met in Havasu high school auto shop when we were 16, 34 years ago. I've known his wife since we were 14 or 15 as well. We've helped build each others properties over the last decade. The other neighbors- we've put up metal buildings, built corrals, been in weddings, traveled together and even some business ventures. Our neighbors are very much a part of our daily lives.

 

[endobear]

Current neighborhood is spread out. 2+acre lots.
2 neighbors driveways pass through an easment on through my property.
One of those neighbors is a total dick. Everyone hates him. Cops told me if I beat the shit out of him they wouldn't take me to jail, only site me. Other neighbors are nice enough. We . Have each others phone #s if needed.
Across the street neighbors were cool. Retired airforce dude. He moved though.
One up from him is cool. He's in the trades and into the sxs scene. He likes beer and despises my other neighbor too so we get along.

 

[was thatguy]

 

[Motoxxxloak]

Just moved from Rancho Cucamonga to Rosena Ranch about 9 months ago. Lived in a nice neighborhood in rancho for about 6 years. Knew 1 neighbor. The rest kept to themselves. Some would wave, most wouldn’t even make eye contact. Always pissed me off.

Been in the Ranch as I said 9 months now. First day we moved in, all of the neighbors, about 6 houses/30+ people came over, introduced themselves and their kids etc. Super tight knit. Garages are converted to bars, football hangouts, etc. everything I’ve wanted to have as an adult lol. Tons of kids my kids ages, which is icing on the cake. Absolutely love it.

 

[azsunfun]

Only if I run into them at the mailbox on the highway, we keep to ourselves

 

[BabyRay]

We live in a gated community of 11 homes, all on 2-3.5 acres. We don’t see our neighbors much in passing, because we’re set back on a downslope from the front and have heavy landscaping on the sides of our lot. However, we do know all but one neighbor, who I’ve actually never seen. He’s a dentist who had his license lifted for improper use of anesthesia, so maybe after being on the news he’s too embarrassed to show his face.

We all have each others’ phone numbers, and have an emergency text string which has been used to thwart several intruders (the ratio of cameras/residents is probably about 4/1). We’re not close with any of them though, aside from my immediate neighbor, but he moved to Texas recently due to our state’s blue politics…..nice guy, definitely conservative and a strong second amendment supporter, so I hated to see him go. I haven’t yet even seen the new neighbor, so I guess that makes two I don’t know.

 

[mjc]

I know almost all the neighbors at my end of the street, a couple are pretty strange and some never come outside. Then the other end I only know RD.

 

[Cousineddy]

I know most of my Flagstaff neighbors, been in the house 11 years. They deal with all my noisy stuff, race car, dirt bikes, mini bikes,wife’s corvette, etc. I haven’t met any of my Havasu neighbors and been in the house for going on 2 years, seems weird but they always try to not make eye contact.Most of them are full timers so maybe they don’t like the weekend neighbors? Kinda surprised to be honest.

 

[ChrisV]

All of my neighbors are cool except for one. The cop. Probably hates my cars cause it’s loud. Going to work at 3am doesn’t help too.

 

[RogerThat99]

I know all my neighbors, and most are just acquaintances. All my neighbors that I was good friends with, have moved away. They people that replaces them, aren't as friendly. I have good friends, that I do a lot with, in my neighborhood, but not on my block.

 

[JL95]

We moved into our house in August of 2020. Covid times everyone was very nice, street hangs every afternoon more or less. After everyone got back to it things got less friendly I would say. Wildomar has been more friendly than orange crest. My parents have had their house since 2001 and talk to one neighbor they don't even like and mean mugging is the norm. I hate it. I blame the crime there on everyone's selfishness. Also no one wakes up early for work there nearly as much as my town.

 

[DaytonaBabe]

We live in a brand new neighborhood. We know our neighbors to the left and right pretty well. The neighbors to the right are awesome. They're super friendly and the guy is the official rattlesnake wrangler for the neighborhood . The neighbors to the right are nice enough, but the husband is a drunkass, alcoholic trainwreck.

The husband across the street seems cool and always wants to chat, but his wife is weird as hell. Poor guy. We know maybe 3 more couples that are nearby that are cool, and know of several more that we'll pass on getting to know better.

We've found that it's hard to maintain friendships with people at home since we're at the river so much. When we actually are home, we usually just want to relax and enjoy our pool/backyard on our own.

 

[crzy2bealive]

I know all my neighbors at the La Mirada house and the Fort Mohave house. I’m cool with most of them and usually invite them over when I’m having a party.

 

[samsah33]

Wife is a social butterfly and is involved in a lot of community activities locally, so we know a lot. We also started walking the dog every morning a few years back and have met a bunch of people all around the neighborhood that way. I'm not talking BFF quality, but good enough where it's nice to stop and say hi and catch up with what's going on in the hood.

Couple of my close neighbors are into boating and go to Havasu, so that's definitely cool. Have bunch of people on my street that are close enough to exchange numbers and invite over when we have neighborhood event.

Part time neighbors in Havasu are awesome, they're one of the reasons I don't Airbnb my house. They keep an eye on my house and call me to let me know something is going on like the AC is making noise or the alarm is going off or the gate is open, and their neighborliness means a lot to me.

 

[clarence]

Live in a high-rise condo.

I can't remember anyone's name, but I pet their dogs in the elevator.

 

[Ziggy]

Know most of them, except the B&B'ers. A few we can call/text if we need something done while we're away. Most are just acquaintances, none that we hang out with.

 

[Waterjunky]

I live rural now, I spent 8 years living in Sacramento previously. None of the neighbors in Sac wanted to be friendly. Eyes down and closing the garage door before the car was even turned off.

Now I know most of my neighbors and get along with all of them. None are super close but multiple could call for help in a second. A few are strange but decent. The only one with kids my son's age desperately wants to be the queen stay at home mom of the entire community. some treat her that way others just ignore the BS. They own a local winery and its a big ego thing for her.

Like I said, people are strange.

 

[shan]

I know all of my nearby neighbors. I have one that I'm pretty close with. We are cut from the same cloth and always working on things, so there're are times I can help him and times he can help me. I've done some welding and machining for him. In fact, I had a roof tile that was moved during an extreme wind event. It was at the peak of the my roof, with 10' ceilings, so I was not going to crawl up there and fix it. He texted me last week and told me he got a 21' extension ladder and if things worked out he would be over sometime during the weekend. I'm in my den on Sunday and hear some noise outside, and there he is. Ladder in the back of the truck (strapped down, safety first) fixing it.

 

[pronstar]

We know our neighbors.

And we walk our neighborhood all the time, so we know a lot of neighbors who live on the streets around ours as well.

When we lived in SoCal, we didn’t know hardly any of our neighbors.

 

[Cobalt232]

We have had the same CA house for 30 years in San Clemente. New house at the time and when we were moving in our new next door neighbors arrived in a VW Bus. I knew then he would have tools to fix stuff. Great neighbors, gone on lots of trips with them all around the world. He is a stay at home artist and she is in sales and travels most of the time. We kinda know the other neighbors and just went to a party for a couple 2 doors up who are going on their senior mission (Morman) to Hawaii for 2 years.

My middle kid just bought a house in HB and their new neighbors had a get-together so they could meet everyone on the block and behind them. Pretty cool.

 

[Jimmyv]

We know our neighbors.

Helps that many of us have kids in the same age range right now. But even before many of them moved in, we were friends with the older retirees here too. Some of them are more fun than the younger families.

Kids roll up and down the street on bike ands scooters in the afternoons/evenings. It isn’t uncommon to find me a few drinks deep in one of their garages or living rooms (or vise versa).

By and large, Good people, work hard, seem to have similar values.

I grew up on street like that and feel very fortunate my kids are getting the same experience.

 

[jetboatperformance]

All my neighbors are quite a way away Some I know well others notso much however I know "of them" This is a pretty conservative area of Atascadero most parcels are 3 to 10 acres and not likely ever to be sub divided A bit of redneck paradise

 

[TPC]

27 years in my house and I know of, not know personally, but know of maybe 5 neighbors names.

Guy directly across the street died and we learned about it 28 months later when his wife came over to borrow a 10mm wrench. I still don't know her name and she's been here 27 years too.

Her husband would come over and show things like those clear liquid filled ink pens with the girl with a surprised look on her face and when ya turn the pen upside down the girls top would float off. Or a cigarette case when ya open it a plastic dick would pop out.

Never caught his name either.

Wife and I mind our own business.

 

[LakeMeadLavey]

Neighborhoods/people have changed since the 70s/80s where everyone knew each other and socialized. My only neighbor I speak with on the regular is a retired LASD sgt and Purple Heart Vietnam Vet. Solid as they come and would do anything for you. He even takes my trash cans in for me on trash day. All the others I'm surrounded by are electric car driving libtards who wont even make eye contact.

The thing that really stands out to me is the men (or lack there of) in my neighborhood. I never see a man working on something in the garage, washing a car or doing yard work etc. Hibernate in their houses at all times. They pull into their garages and close the door before they even get out. Everyone of them is as dainty as a man can be. None of them look like they have ever gotten their hands dirty or would even know what a screwdriver is.

Very sad to see this change but at the same time all of us who grew up in the 70s/80s were very fortunate to have experienced those times. Back when men were men. Wish we could rewind.

 

[RVRKID]

Went camping with 2 of my neighbors over Labor Day, we usually have a few beers at night or in the weekends. Know a few others as well and we’ll have beers every so often, the kids try and play outside but our street is pretty crazy with some jackass’ speeding thru.

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

Just moved from Rancho Cucamonga to Rosena Ranch about 9 months ago. Lived in a nice neighborhood in rancho for about 6 years. Knew 1 neighbor. The rest kept to themselves. Some would wave, most wouldn’t even make eye contact. Always pissed me off.

Been in the Ranch as I said 9 months now. First day we moved in, all of the neighbors, about 6 houses/30+ people came over, introduced themselves and their kids etc. Super tight knit. Garages are converted to bars, football hangouts, etc. everything I’ve wanted to have as an adult lol. Tons of kids my kids ages, which is icing on the cake. Absolutely love it.

Really!!! I've driven through that neighborhood to get to Glen Helen when the other way gets washed out. I am so looking for a neighborhood like that!

I'm in San Diego and there are very few neighborhoods where kids play outside, or anyone comes out at all. It's hard on my son who is a lonely child. We have really been thinking about making a move, but I haven't figured out where. Was kinking around Canyon Lake or maybe Murrieta.

 

[Your ad here]

I prefer not to know the neighbors to well. Less drama.

 

[Dannyo]

Know 90% of neighbors but wish I didn't. One neighbor said the street was drama when we moved it, but it was full of kids and we are pretty easy going. Well, neighbor was right including her! There are probably 5 houses where the people are just plain a- holes. Will call association on you, bad mouth you, not look at you, etc. So there are a few clicks that's stick together, but overall, our friends are not here. Typical OC community where you are just too close to each other.

 

[Albert]

Our neighborhood changed the year of the election one of my neighbors is my doctor . He said he was going to put a Kayne flag up as joke .

 

[Flynryan]

We have new neighbors on 1 side now. Shes a school teacher and we like her but hes an engineer and Im not sure if hes just too smart that I dont get him or what. Not sociable at all and cant do anything except mow his lawn. How these 30 something year old people can afford a $1.3 house is besides me

 

[Dcb.blake]

half my block I know everyone pretty well, we all drink beer after work have a fantasy league, watch sports swim in pools etc. The other side not at all they all keep to themselves and never come out. We all are outside in the front pretty often. The ones I know are all pretty cool luckily, nobody gets too butthurt and we are all within the same age give or take. Very lucky otherwise I’d be bored as hell. I’m also the asshole that If I don’t want to hang with them out front I don’t feel obligated to hurt anyones feelings. First time living in town my in whole 26 years. Got lucky this go round

 

[Joker]

Our neighbors are true pieces of shit. That’s all I got.

 

[MPHSystems]

My last place, I had an upstairs neighbor who I had to get a restraining order against. The guy actually went to jail for violating it.

 

[Angler]

I live in a 5 house cul-de-sac, talk to 3 whenever we're out at the same time, otherwise just wave.

We met a couple at Emerald Cove a few years back, now we camp together at EC all the time.