Do you know your neighbours?

[peterb]

I know the names, but I have only been in the area for six weeks!

[Sputnik]

I moved a few months back and only know the first names of the nearest houses. Having said that, I lived in the last house for 40 years and could only name people 3 or 4 doors each way.

[bledd]

Wherever I live, I introduce myself to the neighbours.

Even if they're pot smoking, stay at home druggies. -At least I can then say "leave at number 10" for deliveries when I'm out Who knows, they may even save me the trouble of unpackaging

[Fraz]

Neighbours are a risky business. Kinda like holiday friends. It's great if they're nice people, but if it turns out they're complete morons, you'll wish for a long time that you'd never spoken to them in the first place.

[Saracen]

Neighbours are a risky business. Kinda like holiday friends. It's great if they're nice people, but if it turns out they're complete morons, you'll wish for a long time that you'd never spoken to them in the first place.

Also true. I've had a mixed bag over the years, some being great people, many being okay, but acquaintance rather than friend material, and some being true friends. And one elderly couple that were utter nutcases.

[StealMySoda1]

My neighbours change so often that there is no point in getting to know them.

[Bugbait]

Knew all my neighbours when I was living in a block of 10 flats, owners and renters alike. Didn't like them all but knew their names and general things about them. When we moved earlier last year I met the neighbours on each side the day we moved in and have since met at least half of them in the street and some adjoining ones. Now, if you ask me their names I couldn’t recall them all but do remember faces.

[Zhaoman]

Back when I was living in the UK I knew all of my neighbours really well and we'd often invite them over and have chats and food and stuff. In fact the whole estate pretty much knew each other at least by name.

Since moving to Ireland I barely even know my neighbours' names... The estate we live in is just fenced in by walls and everyone drives to work and drives back to sleep. No semblence of community whatsoever. Funny cos part of my uni course deals with this issue which made me even more aware of it than before. Dublin is actually being used as an example by the EU of how not to expand a city!

[cub1061]

I have is good, in-laws on one side and wife's relation on the other. Live in a close nit village nearly everyone know each other.

[Sputnik]

And one elderly couple that were utter nutcases.

An elderly man that lives across the road got very close to being punched in the face by the removal man within 30 minutes of us arriving at the house.

[scaryjim]

May have to revise my earlier comments - we've had the van outside the house less than 36 hours and I've already had 3 sets of neighbours come out to say they're sorry to see me go. I spent five minutes talking to one lass, but I not only don't know her name, I couldn't even tell you which house she lived in! But apparently I've been a really good neighbour?

So whatever I think, the other people down here obviously feel they have a little tight-knit community thing going on!

[Apex]

They can all take a running jump for all i care about their lives; leave me in my world and we don't have a issue.

[melon]

They can all take a running jump for all i care about their lives; leave me in my world and we don't have a issue.

Animals make good neighbours , except for bears...

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[Saracen]

Animals make good neighbours , except for bears...

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I'm not too fond of snakes either, especially the Coral snake that seemed to develop a brief fondness for a relative's pool deck, while I was visiting. It nearly gave me what I can best describe as a brown trunk moment.

[melon]

I'm not too fond of snakes either, especially the Coral snake that seemed to develop a brief fondness for a relative's pool deck, while I was visiting. It nearly gave me what I can best describe as a brown trunk moment.

tbh i dont like most things that wiggle and esp things that wiggle underneath you ( in the sea of course ) that you cant see .

Love spiders , and most native creatures but I have phobia of moths - ironically they also happen to be lucky for me too , provided i can hit , burn , drown or trap them - eels are just as bad too ugh
I used to think bears were pretty harmless ( gentle giants ) till I watched , " the grizzly man " - though id rather take my chances with a bear than anything underwater ( unless it harmless enough )

m

[mac84kellar]

All mine are idiots.