[Merged] Do you know your neighbours?

[Salu]

I was listening to the radio this lunchtime and they were talking about a recent "survey" that showed that 6 out of 10 people (Dont know how many they asked) did not know the names of their immediate neighbours, let alone spoke with them or were friends.....

Are we increasingly losing community where we live? Why are we not as friendly as we were. Or would you discredit the above?

[gazzae]

I know the first names of my neighbours, don't really speak to them, just a hello if we see each other.

My neighbours are ace. We have impromptu BBQs, beers on the street, I've never paid for child care, when I was ill neighbours popped in to check on me, when my friend was terminally ill, neighbours did her grass, cooked her meals etc. Community still alive and kicking here

[Jules]

Yep I know my neighbours

[Roy MM]

I know all my neighbours, talk with them frequently.

[marky]

we are all good friends have regular BBQs and we are all going camping over bank holiday weekend

thats 8 adults and 9 kids

[Rob]

I'll say hello to them if we happen to meet as we jump in and out of cars. But they dissapear inside the house as fast as I do, so never have a conversation.

Originally Posted by markymoan

we are all good friends have regular BBQs and we are all going camping over bank holiday weekend

thats 8 adults and 9 kids

I can beat that! I've holidayed with my neighbours, had BBQs with them, Friday night drinks down the Swan and Cem ...... and, oh, they saved my life!! Clearly this part of Lancashire's the place to be though eh Mark?

[punky]

On one side we have an old guy and his mother. He's been here longer than I have so I know him, etc. He used to be a bit of a git as he wouldn't throw footballs back. He's pretty out of it now though so I don't have a whole lot to do with him. He and his mother have carers btw.

On the other side is a family. We know their names, and somewhat about them but we don't interact much socially. We say a polite hello in the street if we meet, but that's about as far as it goes. I did meet the wife in a shop a little while ago, and had a 2 min chat which was nice.

Our street doesn't change much, so I know a few other families down the way by name, mostly through my parents. Goes as far as a polite hello too and that's it.

[Flubflow]

Originally Posted by andyl

My neighbours are ace. We have impromptu BBQs, beers on the street, I've never paid for child care, when I was ill neighbours popped in to check on me, when my friend was terminally ill, neighbours did her grass, cooked her meals etc. Community still alive and kicking here

Beers on the street? You are just sooo common as muck you are .

[marky]

Originally Posted by andyl

I can beat that! I've holidayed with my neighbours, had BBQs with them, Friday night drinks down the Swan and Cem ...... and, oh, they saved my life!! Clearly this part of Lancashire's the place to be though eh Mark?

cant fault you
does all the street get together on bonfire and party in the street at new year

[Chris]

I live in the middle of nowhere, but there are a handful of other houses out here with us too. One of them is a holiday home and rarely occupied, but I have spoken to all of my other neighbours and know the names of all bar one of them.

Before this I lived on a council estate in Hemel Hempstead, and in five years did not get to know as many of my neighbours as I knew after five weeks here.

[Roy MM]

Originally Posted by andyl

I can beat that! I've holidayed with my neighbours, had BBQs with them, Friday night drinks down the Swan and Cem ...... and, oh, they saved my life!! Clearly this part of Lancashire's the place to be though eh Mark?

We go to the swan & cem for meals quite often.

[Tuftus]

On just the one side only, the other side keep themselves to themselves...

[Aragorn]

I know the names of a couple of neighbours (some teach my kids!) and 'pass the time of day' with my next door, but thats about it. A stand-offish southerner