What is your relationship w/your neighbors like?

Our neighbors (on both sides of us) are all *nice* but we don't have a relationship, at all, with any of them.

We wave hello if we see each other, but that's the extent of it.

I never really expected our neighbors to be our new BFFs but I wish we had a slightly closer relationship. We don't even have each other's phone #s or anything.

My parents were always super close to their neighbors in all the nearby houses. So this is strange for me. We had a scary incident once where i really, really wished we were closer to them so i could go over or at least call them - but even that would seem weird.

We all seem to be very private which is totally fine with me (DH and I are that way) but still i wish there was more of a "neighborly" relationship!

I'm wondering what the neighbor relationship norm is nowadays!

What is your relationship w/your neighbors like?

Ours is the same as yours.
We were excited when we moved in b/c our neighbors are about our age (maybe a few years older) and just had a baby (we were expecting).
They aren't out of the house very often so when we see them we wave and that's about all.

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Our old neighbors are our BFF's and it was really sad when we moved. On the bright side though, we moved half a mile and our girls are in the same class this year. Next year all 4 of our kids will be together in the same school and maybe on the same bus.

Since we bought new construction the house next to us is still in the process of being built and it hasn't been sold yet. I keep telling the builder I want to screen potential buyers

The house on the opposite side is there backyard facing our side yard so we wave and thats about it. The people behind us seem nice, but no BFF's.

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We are really good friends with our neighbors across the street. We do dinner or something together once a month, we talk and text regularly. We pet sit for each other and we have keys to their home and they have ours. Our neighborhood is a little weird because it's somewhat seasonal so two of our direct neighbors only live here part time. I have keys to both of their homes too. Lol. I'm like the neighborhood watch.
We have a beach club in our neighborhood and I was on the board of few years and my DH was the treasurer so we know just about everyone even though we don't hang out with them. The community runs a lot of events like beach BBQ, holiday parties, zumba classes, bunco nights and a million other things so it's really easy to make friends. Plus we all see each other on the beach so most people are friendly.
The neighborhood vibe was super important to use when we were house shopping. We both grew up with parents that had great neighbors.

What is your relationship w/your neighbors like?

We have the same relationship. A wave here and there, maybe a hello. Nothing more. We've been here for almost a year.

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We've lived here for 6 years. We're friendly with the neighbors on either side....but not so close that we'd invite each other over for dinner. We chat, say hello, bring cookies at Christmastime....that sort of thing.
The people directly across that street from us are a bit crazy, so we stay away from them. They're ok...but we almost had a fight with them a few years ago when their unleashed dog charged at our toddler while she was playing in front of our house. We try to stay away from them when possible.

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neighbor on my right is a wave to the woman, the man is a jacka$$, the left, i wave to the man, the woman is a downright jacka$$ looney bin character. Across the street (to the right) is now a very close friend, and pretty friendly with the ones to the left of her... everyone else on the block i wave to.
ETA: i grew up with my dad liking pretty much everyone and wishy-washy with direct neighbor (because they are sorta slobby). he's softened up with them though as he and the neighbor are getting old.

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We have a good relationship with several neighbours & we hang out. However there are 2 to the the left of us that we don't have a good relationship with they are just not nice people.

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Our neighbors are very, very nice, and everyone really keeps an eye out for each other over here. We don't "hang out" with them though although they have come over for a barbecue or two. All of the homeowners are at least 20-30 years older than us and their oldest kids are a couple of years younger than us, so it's kinda hard to form "hanging out" bonds.

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Our neighbors keep to themselves. I'm perfectly fine with that. It's a basic half smile in te driveway, or a wave. I don't want to be close with them.

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We are all in different phases of our lives but we look out for each other. When I was growing up there were a lot of families that had kids in the same age ranges so it was much different. My block now has some people who are my parents' age, a family whose kids are much older than mine and one younger family. I'd like to be more friendly but I also keep in mind that my friend became BFFs with a neighbor and now she is just sick of the person & can't get away.

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We've only been here 8mth but we've made some great Friends with our neighbors to the right of us. They are our age (and rent out their Apt upstairs with others our age too)

We have BBQs with them prob twice a month and have become close. Also his mother lives in the house across the street so we know her too.

The lady to the Left of me is soooo weird. SOO weird. We try not to bother with her. I don't really know anyone else on my block yet.

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i have only ever talked to 2 neighbours...one we say hi to and talk a bit...they live across the road...the others i talk to live around the corner and i knew her before.
other then that...i dont talk to my neighbours and have made up my own names for them lol 2.5 years here and i could really care less, they are quiet and so am i so it works!

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I will chat a little bit with a few of my neighbors, but not much. Mostly just hello & a wave.

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We have good relationships with our neighbors. A lot of people on my block have kids (or grandkids) around my 3.5 year old DS's age, so the kids have playdates together (or just wind up playing outside together), go to each other's birthday parties, even do some of the same sports activities together.

We don't really socialize with the adults outside of the kids, in the sense of going out to dinner or something, but even neighbors who don't have children will usually stop and chat outside if they are passing by, walking their dog, etc. and we're outside.

Interestingly, I sold a house to a couple a few blocks away in my neighborhood, and I am friendly with the couple. But their neighbors on that block are VERY social. The adults get together for wine and cheese nights, to watch football, and things like that.

What is your relationship w/your neighbors like?

Same as yours.

What is your relationship w/your neighbors like?

Ours is the same as yours. We wave, that's about it. I think it might be because DH and I are much younger and maybe they feel like they can't relate to us? But I'd rather just have the polite waving than annoying or rude neighbors that are hard to deal with.

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we just moved the beginning of the year. We have made some great friends on the street. There are lots of kids so everyone is always out. I think we will continue to get close with them.

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The houses in my neighborhood are pretty far apart with private lots. It's what drew us to the area and we love it but it definitely prevents you from knowing your neighbors. We've been here almost 2 years and only really say hello or casually chat on occasion with the people across the street.

Everyone is much older than us, the people closest to our are even a good 15 years older with teenage kids. We don't have anyone that we've seen or met close by who are our age. I do wish DD could have some friends to play with in the neighborhood and I'm hoping once she starts school we'll discover one or two that we didn't know about. The kids don't really play outside where you can see them around here so I'm not sure if there are any kids DD's age.

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Where I grew up (and my mom is still there) our neighbors are family. We are very close. Its a private community so everyone knows everyone. Plus I grew up with a lot of them.

In my new house on long island I am getting to know my neighbors. I have already been invited to parties etc. And I will be having a few over to my house for dinner.

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Neighbors across the street we have over a lot, kids play together, we watch each other's kids and we have BBQs together. We invite them to kids birthday parties and for cake for the adults.

Another neighbor on the cul-de-sac we sit out with sometimes and have wine/beer. Everyone else we say hi and chat, but that's really it.

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Friendly with the people on one side of us. They're older, but we are always very friendly and top and chat when we are outside. People to the other side we hardly see and good friends with the people across the street. We moved in together right around the same time. Their kids are older, but they love playing with our boys and we are always outside and going back and forth between homes. DH helps the, out a lot with construction stuff.
We live in a culdesac so we are always in the street talking.

What is your relationship w/your neighbors like?

I'm not from LI originally so it's a bit cold to have neighbours who ignore our existence. We've met all our neighbours and done things for them during our first year here but there's no waving or anything from them in return ...except we wave & chat with the older couple across the street.

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Our neighbors are pretty friendly, most at least say hello regularly. We chat a little longer with a few of them than others, usually the ones whose kids are around the same age as ours. We're not so close that we go out to dinner or really invite each other over though.

This is a big improvement over the neighbors at our old house who would sometimes just act like they didn't see you when you were both in front of the house! One of them didn't even notice the full nine months I was pregnant with my third, or for three months after...she saw me out walking with her when she was three months old and was really surprised lol.