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Our (large, 2 parent 6 kid) family is friendly with nine other households in our neighborhood. Meaning their kids hang out with my kids and we know each other and talk semi frequently.
I live in a suburban development in South Carolina.
I could probably identify 3-4 people that are living in the same building. I wouldn’t bet money, on it, though.
People? Some, but not a lot. Dogs, though? I recognize every dog on my street and know most of their names, even some of the ones I’ve never met lmao
I know almost everyone in the 6 houses adjacent to mine, and there are a few people that walk past daily that stop and talk when they see us outside.
Probably about 12-15 adults, and their kids, who play in our yard sometimes.
Exactly. I don’t live on a long street but I know about half of the people on my street. I intentionally make the effort. I don’t need to be best friends with anyone but we face all the same local problems so why wouldn’t I want them to have my back, care enough to keep an eye on things as I do for them.
It takes effort to be outside and say hi and make a little small talk and learn their names, pets and kids.
Worth it in every neighborhood I’ve lived in.
I know the people to the left and right. Saying hi is fairly common for the rest of the community.
Depends how you define “know”. That I can name?Probably between 50 and 60 at a guess, which is working on 1 in 3 houses. I walk every day, I have kids that play outside, and I am a primary email answerer and door knocker for the neighborhood.
That I would feel comfortable letting my dog out if I were away from home? Maybe 8 or 10.
Define “know”. I know the woman downstairs from me and her dog. I know the couple actually the hall and their dog. They just had a baby and I don’t know the name. I know the guy down the hall from me. He’s a good guy. I know the woman down the hall the other way and the guy on the same side. The other two units are rented on and off. New people. I forgot the name of the two folks that just moved in. Haven’t met the ones on the other side yet.
Knowing names and small things? Is that to know someone?
There are over a million people within 15km of me, so that’s not much.
I walk the dog twice a day and meet local people also walking their dogs. Sometimes we stop and chat. I don’t know them well, but I recognise some of them by sight and know some of their names.
One of my coworkers lives here, and there is a guy who works at the grocery store who always says hello to me. So, 2.
You are alone, with hundreds of people around
My neighbor’s dog is named Chip and the guy a few houses down has a Husky named Luna.
That’s all the names I can tell you from my block.
very little, many moved away since covid to somewhat lcol, mcol area. and its been reverse white flight/gentrification since, and these neighbors are far less pleasant or less than sociable compared to older ones that have lived here for decades, plus they are out of state transplant, and you display your typical karen neighbors.
Rural area, I know all my immediate neighbours and a few people from the villages around. It’s really great to be part of a small community, and since a lot of the original population emigrated the old folks around are generally really welcoming even to foreigners like me. I got so used to greeting everyone I sometimes confuse people in larger places with too much waving and smiling where it’s not common.
Having less people around definitely makes you (and your neighbors), more interested in meeting the ones that are there.
I couldn’t tell you ANY of my neighbors names when I lived in big cities.
Maybe 60-80. I love Portland
Zero, I don’t know a single person on my street, I know one couple and one nice gentalmen on the next street over and maybe one other couple two streets down. 67 homes and I maybe have talked to 5 families
Why do you keep yourself alone?
They’re all very private families and I respect their privacy. I’ve lived in other neighborhoods that we would get together and do parties
