The people in your neighbourhood....

I do know that I used to have a grocery store near my home that I shopped at almost exclusively for several years. I was quite friendly with the staff there. I was so sorry when the store closed.

I actually NEED to respond to this discussion! I've gotten my attention riveted on the aspects of it that I don't like and am ignoring the things that I do like about it! Good time to remember them. When I call the library to renew my books the librarian recognizes my voice and doesn't need to ask what my name is, she just says 'will do'. The owner of the little country store is my friend, but even if she wasn't she would let me carry a tab there. She also keeps items stocked in her store that I use regularly. Again, it's not a personal favor, it's the way they do it out here in the country. The Postmistress is my best friend, she knows all the gossip. One day I called her to find out what a guy named Clyde's last name was so I could call him. I said "You know who Clyde is who lives with Michael?' She said yeah. I said what's his last name. She told me. Then it came out I was wanting to call him. She said "Oh, then you won't find his number listed under his name, it's under Cave Springs or something. Try that in the post office of your average big city. Hehhehehe. I don't think I will ever be able to live in a big city or even a large town again. I really like this more remote lifestyle. And I sure would love to have a milkman!

To be honest, not that well and I prefer to keep it that way. My next door neighbor already dislikes me due to reasons that were out of my control (she has never forgiven ME because before we moved into our house, the painter dropped the ladder on HER property, she has issues big time btw) but I always say hello and good-bye to my mother neighbors, keeping them at arm's length. I don't want to get too close because what if a falling out happens and you have to see them all the time? With my next door neighbor, I just don't care, its her problem... but it would be hard to face someone all the time who you had a direct fight with. It happened to my mother, and things never got resolved so I admit I am a bit paranoid.

I agree. I know most people...My mailman, the garbage men, even my butcher down the road. Just going to get a cup of coffe at the deli, they call me by name. It's nice to have a friendly smile.

Back east, I knew my mail woman, the clerks at the checkout counters, the librarians, pizza place guys, and on and on. Out here in a bigger city, it's certainly a little harder to find some familiarity with any of these folks - don't see the mailman, the checkout people change shifts and times, so it's taking awhile to know all the who's I run into every day. It was nice and I didn't even realize it at the time when I had all these folks in my life. I sold a bunch of my household stuff to my mail lady when we moved and we had huge discussions on how she was going to use it all - it felt like I was giving it to family. We have a sense of community in the condo complex I live in now, but it's more impersonal. the rest of the interaction in the city is fairly impersonal as well - friendly but impersonal.

I can't agree with more. A good neighbour is our extended family. We usually have a chat or share good thing with each other. The neighbour sometimes helps to do something for us when we are not at home. It seems a family member at home. Therefore, we will get happy and comfy, even have many pressure or anxiety before come home.

Hi, You know the washerwoman, Milkwoman are the two friends I have. We live in a small town where I work in a College, Where my In-Law's live. My hubby works in near by city and comes home weekly once. So the only friends I have is these two ladies, who come home every day, Talk for some time, do their job, have their breakfast or lunch with us. Nice to have them around. My In-law's rarely visit us. Nowadays Mailman don't have much time to chat around or of course we rarely get mails(Only Greeting cards ). All others are E-mails. My sister is in North America and my Brother is in Europe, and another brother is in New Delhi our country Capital. So, I am alone and these are two friends, and a helper woman who stays with us is like my mother, and one of our cousin who also stays with me is like my sister near by me. Though we don't have our own people around us God gives us some one who becomes more than dear ones.

well we can i guess..since they are important too in our lives...theyre the one who sometimes helps us when we need help or whatever...

Oh I so totally agree with you. I will admit that I don't really know the mailman, we don't have a milkman but our neighborhood is getting to be quite a little family. The other day a few of my neighbors sat right in front of my house just chatting away with the ice-cream man. When I finally came out they had bought me some ice-cream too. It was a little bit melted but still good. And we all help with retrieving our run-away dogs. LOL. The world is getting larger and technology sure is separating us so it's nice to stop and chat with our neighbors once in a while. I will have to try and leave a nice card in the mailbox for our postman. Thanks for the reminder.

Hi whywiki, I agree with you although I'm always careful about saying that the world was better years ago. I've always considered that the reason people thought that way was because they were younger. You are right in what you say though, there is no reason why we can't take a few minutes to chat with the people around us. I try to do this whenever I can. I think the postman, for example, would appreciate a smile and a 'Good Morning' once in a while, and this can lead to little discussions sometimes. I bet it wouldn't be long before she/he would be looking forward to getting to your house. Blessings.

My neighbourhood is my coworker. We work in the same office and live in the same community and be neighbourhood. Is that weird? He has a lovely but naughty boy and I have a girl. Two kids play together all day. That boy knocks my door at 5:30am at weekends because he wakes up early. Although that makes me a little anger,it is good to live near a friends.

i can think my day without these people b caz i am lil bit lazy in doing any work 1 day my milkman was on holiday....then i hav to walk t shop to bring milk...thats d worst morning in ma life

I still remember when I was a child,my home was far away from the grocer.But my brother and I often went there to have some snacks.Of course we were familiar with the friendly boss of the grocer.But now,since I haven't gone back to my hometown for several years,he forget us?

The town I grew up in we knew the mailman,everyone at the grocery store. Even at the local post office. Just your basic small town with nice people in it. Now since I have moved away. I don't really get the friendly homely feeling at the stores I shop at. The cashier are rude and could careless of waiting on me. Which how I see it you are in customer service. You should at least greet the customers. Heck, I don't even get that half the time. Now as for my neighborhood. It is a nice quit community. All of us watch out for one another if there not home. My daughter can over in their yards and play on there swing sets and stuff like that. Even if no one is home. I just love it where we are at. It is quite and safe little place to be.

no. i dont know most.. well i dont talk with them, just smile at them most of the time when i do see them. and there is really no such "neighborhood setting" in our place. everyone seemed to live by themselves not minding others and neighbors do not know each other. hehe

I must admit there are rally nice thoughts behind this discussion.Actaully i do not very well there in my arae. but i know something about the the driver. also i like the idea to know the life of different people around me.

hmmm..We do talk o the people who brings us mineral water they're the closest kind of neighbor that you meant that we talk to..but not me my son does. I don't know the mailman and no one brings us milk..The neighbors we know are the people who live around us. we don't get special cab driver but when I ride a cab I sometimes talk to the driver who tells me his story about his life and vise versa.

Dear whywiki,I am from India and now live at Kerala a Southern State. People in my neighborhood are so much friendly and we do even have a residence association, were most our common problems are solved and also some extra curricula activities like dance, sports,parties etc are also done. Also about the newspaperman, mailman, milkman all are well aware and they are also so cooperative in any matter we discusses with them. Moreover I hope it is the cooperation for well being as a whole is seen by the neighbors at our place. Even the children and other teens play and have chats in parks all those facilities well maintained. I hope to get a better and cooperative neighbors also gives a big part to our mental peace and security.

Besides milkman and watchman i know the security who stands at the gate guarding it and gives us a welcome.Yes it would be better to remember our neighbors.

Right now, I don't know anybody from the neighborhood since I'm new to the place. I moved in with my husband in his aunt's home so I never knew anybody there. But in my old neighborhood where I used to live, I've known almost anyone since I grew up with them. I've stayed there for 27 years so I'm familiar with all of them and their parents. Most of the people treat each other there like their own relative/s. Others have some enemies which they don't get along with.