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I am visiting a neighbor tonight with several other neighbors. Stopped to see one this afternoon. Talked to 3 of them yesterday. We have a very close neighborhood.
I grew up in the South where you say hello, nod or wave at everybody. I often walk with my dog. I find most people will return the greeting in one way or another. I often have to route myself so I don't stand around and talk for hours. It's very multicultural where I live. Be friendly and other people will too.
We lived on a well-traveled road previously and we were lucky if we got a wave from the neighbors - ppl just had their own lives and really weren't all that interested - in the 20+ yrs we lived there, once someone had a cookie exchange and another time we visited w/ a next-door neighbor (kids were the same ages but went to different schools) but that was about it, getting to know others wasn't really a priority (which was ok but it was kind of lonely in the beginning bc we had moved from a friendlier neighborhood). Now in this neighborhood, we do see neighbors more often, we have an HOA and also a clubhouse and ppl are friendlier - while they're a bit reserved in the beginning, there's activities at the clubhouse and ppl are more outgoing in general but of course there's still some who keep to themselves (which is ok, not everyone is a chatty Cathy, in fact sometimes that can be a bit annoying - but a happy medium is good)
I only say hello if it's unavoidable (e.g. I can't pretend like I didn't see them). My next door neighbor is a nice woman (and probably lonely), so "hello" always turns into a long conversation when I really just want to get into my house or into my car.
I live in a rural area with six other properties on a dead end road. Three of the other families are related to me, three are transplants from CA. We all speak to one another when we see each other on the road and help one another out in anyway we can. Small town America .
Too much interaction here. I don't know how many times my husband has been called by the closest neighbor to help them out. They are older, and they really need help. However, my husband is on call many nights and weekends, and he is exhausted. He always goes, but we moved out in the country to have some land and space. We are not their family, yet they act like we are.
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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I live in the DC suburbs in a high-rise. I don't say hi to my neighbors and they don't say hi to me. Honestly, I prefer it that way because I don't want them in my business.
wow nope no one says hello here and hardly anyone is out of their houses they all live like hermits here and I for one will be glad to leave here when we retire . My neighbors stay in their houses all locked up even on the weekends and it makes me sick . I have to drive 20 minutes to go anywhere I wish we had thought it out more before we moved here but honestly we had no choice since we were living in apt that became full of mold and I was not dealing with that one more minute . Like I say in ten years when we retire if not sooner I will be glad to put the house on the market and say goodbye to this hermit hole indeed .
We are a community of 133 houses, so we all pretty much know everyone and say "hi." We live in a state where caucasian's are the minority, so race is basically a non-issue.
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