How 'friendly' is your neighbourhood?

[Aestivate]

So since my family and I have a dog, which doesn't get along very well with other dogs, people in our neighbourhood seem to change their perception of us. I would go as far as say that some people even started to hate us personally because of it while we do everything we can to not try to cause any trouble. One neighbour even abused our dog a couple days ago in front of our eyes.
A while ago, a married man who had a little child commited suicide a couple houses away from us. I'm not saying it was the only reason, but he was getting pestered a lot by his neighbours and you could notice he didn't like it to live in this neighbourhood anymore.

Don't get me wrong, there're still some neighbours with which we have good friendships, but some people just kind of ruin the atmosphere in the neighbourhood.
I guess this 'bullying' is something that happens in every neighbourhood. But it makes me kind of curious to the experiences of others.

Do you get along well with your neighbours? Do you feel like you live in a friendly neighbourhood? Would you wish some people just moved to somewhere else? Basically, what are your experiences with this?

 

[DarkDesertFox]

Everyone in my neighborhood just does their own thing. There's not a whole lot of interaction going on. Overall though, they are friendly. There are a couple neighbors that can be annoying, but not too often.

 

[Ichigo.]

I wouldn't use friendly to describe my neighborhood. I probably wouldn't walk around here by myself at night, but then again...I wouldn't do that in most places. People mostly keep to themselves.

 

[radioloves]

Oh wow that's a bit extreme xD my neighbourhood is really quiet, I never see much people out besides walking their dog and so on.. I would say there's a lot of families around, nothing really goes on in this side where I live xD

 

[brownboy102]

My neighbourhood is pretty borderline. Three very nice neighbours, one extremely loud neighbour and two drug dealers on my street. There are 2 bus stops, a corner store and a gas station, but emergency vehicles drive by often and there has been the occasional gunfire.

 

[mintellect]

My neighborhood is filled with perverts.

 

[Yuni]

The only person I talk to is the lady next door. She used to invite me over when I was a child and now I occasionally look after her cats.

I don't know or have ever seen anyone else in the neighbourhood except when they're parking or something. Not sure if this is an Australian thing, but I think the only way you'd get to know your neighbours is if you live in a crescent or in front of a park.

 

[Twisterheart]

I don't really live in a neighborhood. Everyone is kind of scattered out wherever, but I don't like the people that live close to me. A lot of the people are really trashy and lazy. They don't take care of their yards or houses, and they never wanted to pay dues so now the roads are all screwed up. In some places, there isn't even anymore road. It's just dirt, and where there are roads there are gigantic potholes everywhere so you can't even drive unless you want to bust your car up. And a lot of people around me do drugs, so the police are always going up and down the road, arresting people or sitting watch. And a lof of these people break into houses to rip the wires and stuff out of the walls. All the abandoned houses around here are all tore up, because people repeatedly broke in and just wrecked it beyond repair. They're also really cruel to animals. Over the years, several animals have gotten run over or abused around here and no one cares or has a heart to stop and do something.

I find it really sad that people would want to live like this, or would find it acceptable.

 

[mogyay]

i live in a city with a rep for being rly violent but my actual neighborhood is very nice!!! i try not to walk alone at night or anything though. i don't really know my neighbors too well but mostly because the houses are quite far apart and they have very busy jobs, they seem nice tho!

 

[tumut]

There's lots of old people in my neighborhood, including a racist man, a lady who always gives out boxes of free books, and a lady who threatened to shoot our dog after she made over their fence and killed a bunch of their chickens.

 

[Hanami]

i greet my neighbors if i see them. other than that, there's not much interaction going on. however, my dad goes over to our neighbors' houses on a regular basis. he's that type of person who just knows everybody.

overall, i live in a pretty friendly neighborhood. there is a lot of interaction going on between kids. i wish they'd move though, especially because toys are thrown and side mirrors are broken.

 

[graceroxx]

Most of my neighbors are a bunch of recluses. We never see them.

 

[uwuzumakii]

my neighborhood is very quiet, lots of old people. I used to be the youngest person on my street until a new family moved in across the street. It's a mom, a dad, and two toddlers that are rather noisy. The houses used to be inhabited by way more families until they all moved out. The only people my family knows are the people next to us.

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

friendly

 

[kayleee]

I never talk to my neighbors tbh like occasionally I'll say hi but that's it

It doesn't help that a lot of my neighbors have big dogs and I hate big dogs so yeah it's really annoying when people think everyone loves their dog as much as they love it it's like ugh
It's to the point where I will wait to leave my house or go get the mail until their freakin dumb dogs aren't outside anymore

 

[Cou]

i don't even know my neighbors tbh, but we smile when we pass by each other. i do have one neighbor that's overly friendly with my mom though they've been knowing each other since before we even lived here, though she kinda gets too much into our business so i'm not proud to have her around.

 

[Oblivia]

My neighborhood's a little too friendly for my liking if I'm being honest, but that's probably because I like to keep to myself for the most part and everyone around here seems to have a serious affinity for socializing with one another. I always like to go for evening walks in the summer, and it seemed that anytime I'd leave the house I'd have people approaching me trying to converse about things like careers/the weather/their kids or invite me to the "neighborhood wine and craft night", which sounds like fun in theory but in reality would be hell for someone who essentially just likes to chill inside and hang out with their cats without outside human interference.

Don't get me wrong, most of my neighbors seem like super nice people and I'm glad to have them around, I'm just much more of the type who'd prefer our contact be limited to a friendly wave as opposed to a long chat while your kids try to hand me their doll that's coated in a mix of mushy graham crackers and saliva. I swear I'm not antisocial.

 

[frio hur]

i'm pretty much a hermit. but aside from the really loud neighbor kids right next door and the guys working on cars at odd hours, it's fairly quiet and nice here.

 

[tae]

i just moved into a newer neighborhood with my roommate, and i don't even know my neighbors at all.
i thought about making pies or treats for the holidays this year and taking them to the people to the left and right of my house and maybe one across the street to say hello and let them know i'm not one of those ******* neighbors you live next to for like 5 years but never even talk to them.

there's a ton of construction going on still, but i think it's a decent area. it's mostly military out here honestly so theres lots of families with kids and animals and guy's in uniform.

 

[cinny]

My area is not safe but better than nothing. I greet my neighbors or smile at them like I usually do.
My mom usually gives my next door neighbor food when we have a bunch of left overs.

Downstairs has always brought over the cops for dealing stuff, annoying loud music & domestic abuse.
idk LOL this neighborhood is sketchy & I never want my friends to come over. I am just happy to move out soon.