I don't talk to my neighbors

[furie]

I never really have, wherever I have lived. I have been in my current house for 3 years now. I don't know the names of anyone on my block. And I only know the names of two people in my town because one is a friend of mine from childhood and the other is my bartender.

looking back, i have never really know my neighbors. i lived in babylon for 5 years in an apartment, and knew no one. never attended a co-op board meeting. queens, tampa, all the same. I never spoke to anyone or knew their names. the only place i knew peoples names was my old neighborhood, where i grew up. that's because i played with the other kids and later in life, i was the paperboy. but before i became the paper boy there were probably 30 families that i knew nothing about.

Now the old thing is, I'm not anti-social. I am outgoing. but i guess when it comes to my home, i tend not to bother with other people.

[Gvac]

Wow. We couldn't be more opposite. I know everybody on my block, and most of the people a block over. I know the names of everybody at the stores I shop at, and they know me too. I love to stop and chit chat if someone's in the mood, and you just tend to develop a relationship from that.

I guess that's why I landed in sales. I like people and talking with them.

Viva la difference, I guess.

[cougarjake13]

i never talk to anyone in my complex and if i pass them in the hallway if they say hi first i'll respond otherwise they get nothing

[KatPw]

I may not know the names of every person on my block, but I always say hello to people. I say hello to anyone I pass by when I'm waling around town. And the stores around me all know me. I figure this way, if anyone tries to mug me when I'm walking home, at least the people in my neighborhood can't ignore the situation, since I say hello to them all the time.

[TheMojoPin]

I'm the same way. I know the people below me and above me in my building, but if they weren't there I wouldn't have said more than 5 words to my neighbors over the last year and a half. I think it's mostly due to me moving every 2-3 years my whole life.

[epo]

I'm like Gvac...and try to know everybody in the neighborhood. My direct neighbor across the hall and I tailgate at games together. The others in my immediate area I talk to all of the time.

I blame my parents for this type of behavior.

[Ritalin]

Wow. We couldn't be more opposite. I know everybody on my block, and most of the people a block over. I know the names of everybody at the stores I shop at, and they know me too. I love to stop and chit chat if someone's in the mood, and you just tend to develop a relationship from that.

I guess that's why I landed in sales. I like people and talking with them.

Viva la difference, I guess.

Oh, you're kinda outgoing?

I never would have guessed. I'm the same way. We've been in our building for 13 years and when we had the baby all the old ladies came by to see the baby and leave gifts. It was really nice.

I love being a part of my neighborhood.

[Foster]

I only know the neighbors close to my house, and even them not very well. My one next door neighbor is getting pretty old, so I always keep an eye out for him, but I have very litle contact with anyone else.

As a matter fact, this younger couple moved in across the street and the wife is always trying to start a converrsation with me, but she always picks a time when I'm in a rush.

[MHasegawa]

i just started talking to my neighbors, it helps that a really pretty one just moved next door to me(where i used to live). I helped her shovel her driveway...she has a nice butt

[GreatAmericanZero]

i do not know the name of anyone who lives in my apartment complex

[SatCam]

i do not know the name of anyone who lives in my apartment complex

not even your own?

[furie]

it was hard when i had to go for my security clearance and they asked for the names of my neighbors. I told them that i had just moved and hadn't had the chance to meet people.

ofcourse when they asked about the apartment that i was in before and i blanked, they must have thpought that i was the quiet creepy guy in the building.

[spot]

I know most everyone on my street. We have Christmas parties, and usually a block party in the summer. My downstairs neighbors are two of my closest friends, one advantage to living in a small town, I guess.

[TripleSkeet]

I know 2 of my neighbors, and neither one more then just to say hello. I didnt grow up in this neighborhood, and most of my neighbors are older then me. Honestly, its not important to me. I like hanging with people that are similar to myself, not just because they live next to me. Besides I have plenty of friends, It doesnt bother me even a little bit.


Actually my next door neighbors are honestly The Flanders from the Simpsons. Pretty friendly wife, Goody goody dad complete with glasses and Flanders moustache, and two sons destined to be closet homosexuals. I guess it didnt help that when we moved in and met them I said "Howdi-doodly neighboreno" and whispered "stupid Flanders" when they left.

[ecobag2]

. I guess it didnt help that when we moved in and met them I said "Howdi-doodly neighboreno" and whispered "stupid Flanders" when they left.

:lol:

We have the gays across the street. The old lady across the street with the fucked up mouth and nasty temprament, the old couple next door - who seem to be the longest in the area. They're nice enough. There's the angry Mike Moore type guy that lives behind me and raises bees. I think he's gay. He's certainly angry. Then my wife made friends with some young couple across the street because they both have had babies recently. And the family that moved in next door is fantastic because that was almost literally a frat house for over a year after the drug dealers that lived there prior moved out. This guy's a Tang Soo Do instructor so I'll have a sparring partner in the backyard. I just told my wife "I cant wait to fight the neighbor in the back yard" Not that sparring's fighting but I thought that's funny - two grown men out in the backyard trading shots - I dont want to tell any of the above weridos so they call the police. That should be fun.
:popcorn:

Anyway - no one talks to anyone in my neighborhood - and there seems to be a little gossip network that one old lady tries to draw me into when I walk the dogs. Funny.

Everyone's pretty angry and selfish. Like in America.

[Ritalin]

There's always one asshole in my building. We live in a typical Queens 6 floor co-op.

There was one guy, he was the most sour person I've ever met, and the funny thing was, his wife was just the opposite. Smiley and happy, always hello in the elevator and lobby. They have a son - one of the ugliest men I've ever met - and of course he's just like his dad.

They moved out and I swear within 3 months there was a new asshole, a no neck with a bad haircut. That guy looks at me like I did something to him, and I've asked around and he's like that with everyone.

[Liverspot]

I live in a closed neighborhood with less than 100 homes and I know about 70% of my neighbors. Granted, most I know by a simple hello or wave, but many of them I know on a more personal level since some of us have neighborhood parties. We grill and have beers and such. Also since I work from home I am around here most of the time and I see a lot of the traffic of people coming and going. And I walk my dog (see avatar) around a few times a day and have become friends with fellow dog owners and have become a part time pet sitter. I guess I am a visible person "the guy with the big white dog".

This has been great for me, in my previous life I lived in a densely populated urban area and knew few of my neighbors.

[Devo37]

i've been in the same apartment building for about 5 years. aside from a friendly "hey, howya doing" in the hallway, i've never spoken to any of my neighbors.

[Friday]

i have lived here for 6 years and until this year have only really spoken to two of my neighbors.
one of them because he used to ask me out all the time haha. the other is the nicest man on the block and we always say hi and chat.
the cute old lady across the street just introduced herself this year... she had no idea i have been living here so long.

and i usually know my upstairs neighbors, but i talk more to this family who just moved in this year than i have to any of the single people who have lived there.

i guess i am more shy and protective of myself when i am not in a social situation ... who knew!

[nervous nelly]

I never talk to my neighbors or anyone really.
everyone on my block looks so angry and dangerous

[IamFogHat]

I live on a fucking pipestem, and when I see them like out with our dogs I'm nice, but if you put a single person from the six houses in a lineup I couldn't point a single one out. Which sucks, really.

[IWOWedGregBrady]

I never get to know my neighbors, but I do make a point to say hi to people I recognize in my neighborhood, for the same reason as KatPw.

Probably the only other inhabitant of my apartment building whose name I know is Charlie, a little Scottish terrier owned by one of the tenants.

(Ok, I lied - my boyfriend just had to remind me of the dog's name)

[A.J.]

I only know the folks next door to me. I fucking loathe the asshole who lives above me. I can't wait to see how much shit he's dumped onto my balcony over the last 2 months.

[Gwen]

I know a few of the people in my complex. Fortunate for me, my best friend and her hubby lived in the complex before we moved in so they introduced us to a whole bunch of people, they've got a friendly building. Our building is less friendly, but my immediate neighbors to my left both up and downstairs are very friendly and nice. We even thought about asking the upstairs couple (closer to our age) for poker one night.

The woman upstairs to my right is an insufferable bitch of a woman and her place is for sale so I wish her all the best with that. The other half of my building isn't as social, but most will smile and wave if they see you out. I've noticed that dog walking seems to be the way to meet people. I don't know most of the people's names, but I know their dogs and we'll stop to say "hi" and chat briefly the few times that I actually walk my dogs. My husband knows most of the people at least on sight from dog walking.

I guess it was good and bad having a friend already in the complex: made me not feel bad that I didn't know anyone new, but also inhibited me from meeting new people, I was just uninterested 'cause there was already one friendly face. Truth be told, our complex is largely crotchety old people so I don't know that I'm necessarily interested in knowing them anyhow. Besides, Effmeboobs is the best kinda neighbor, always there when I lock myself out of the house :wub:

[CountryBob]

I never make an attempt to talk to my neighbors but I always welcome and enjoy their company when they make an attempt to talk to me. Man, I'm a pretencious ass.
I have been in a sales capacity all of my life and when I am home I want to shut it off. I am very territorial with my personal life but I will give you the shirt off of my back if you need it. (Size 3X)

[midwestjeff]

I'm legally obligated to introduce myself to all of the neighbors when I move to a new neighborhood.