Do you have good neighbors ?
By greenline
@greenline (14838)
Canada
September 17, 2010 7:15pm CST
When I bought a house in a new neighborhood, there was no one I knew, and I was not sure at all how the neighbors would be. After some time, we became friends, and I was so happy that both my neighbors are so friendly, and so helpful. Really true neighbors. I have been traveling quite often on my business trips, for weeks some times, and my neighbors would even come out of the way to take care of my house while I was away. I feel so thankful to them. How about where you are living ? Do you have good neighbors ?
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24 responses
@rhiamacatol (33)
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18 Sep 10
I have good neigbors too. Im always confident when am away for a meeting or activities especially when my kids are left at home. Because my neighbor is there for me. They can text me or taking care of our backyard wherever I am. I feel so blessed.
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@bagputza (504)
• Belgium
18 Sep 10
Good evening dear GreenLine , well what cann i say , i really consider you to be a verry lucky person , since good neighbours it is really hard to find , at least where i live , where i live right now i only have one good neighbour whom i trust and we constantly help eachouther , but for the rest of my neighbours , they are verru cold character , and they would not give you a hand , when in need , they would pass right next to you , looking at you while you are getting mugged by some thieve , without having the less clue or wish of interfering and scare the burgler /thieves , anihow , i am really thankfull to have the one trustfull neighbour.
Have a nice evening dear friend.
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
18 Sep 10
We have some good neighbors and some not so good. When we moved in we talked to the couple on our right and they seemed nice. They had three kids and their youngest was only a few months older then our oldest. They warned us that the older couple on our left were grouchy and turned them into the borough alot. So we were a little nervous. Well the couple on our right divorced and moved out a few months after we moved in. That house has been empty since then, it's been 3 years. The older couple on our left turned out to be awesome. They are in their 70's and have become like another set of grandparents for our kids. They give them gifts for birthdays and christmas and they love when our kids come over and play in their yard and say hi. The couple directly across from us keep to themselves. We've never met them. The house diagonal across the street we don't care for. The guy is very ocd about his yard and so he turns people into the borough if they aren't the same with theirs. He stole our cat because it kept coming into his yard to see his daughter. He even went so far as to call the EPA on a guy down the street to try to get his outdoor furnace taken down.
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@bwaybaby (903)
• United States
18 Sep 10
We really don't talk to our current neighbors. I had to call the police on the people across the street once because I got home from work at 1:30 and had to be back at 9 and they were out blasting music and yelling. They've had these parties numerous times. I tried to go over and ask them to turn it down, but their doorbell didn't work and, well, they were outside anyway. I just called in a noise violation and about a half hour later, after I got into bed, the noise abruptly stopped.
I'm at school now, so I'm surrounded by college kids. It's not so bad, really. I've had terrible neighbors in my dorms before.
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@phyrre (2317)
• United States
18 Sep 10
We got really lucky when we were buying our house. The people we bought our house from were actually splitting up their lot, so we got our house and the land across the street and they got the land next door and put a double wide on it. We were very fortunate because they're really nice people and we're in a quiet area with people that we don't really know, so it's nice to have nice people around that help us out and let us know if something's going on and such. :)
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@green1223 (57)
• China
18 Sep 10
congratulations you have good neighbors ! I think people can live together are the god arrangements , so msut be kind for each other and have a health live circumstances , we need help with others ,that is people different to animals . our life is so short , so enjoy life is a costful process . our neighborhood are kind for we , and we often visit each others sometimes , their children constantly get my house and my parents give them gifts and they are very happy .
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
22 Sep 10
Hi. greenline. After living in our apartment for 11 months, me and my family are tired. We want to move somewhere else. I am so sick and tired of our downstairs neighbor. He has a really funny attitude. He continues to hit the crap out of hisceiling. I am so sick of him with a passion! I can't wait until we are moved out of here! He better hope and pray that his new neighbors is not irritating and nasty. Because if they are, he will have something on his hands. And this time, he can never place the blame on us! That is very nice that you have sweet neighbors! Enjoy them as much as you can!
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
19 Sep 10
All things considered, we have good neighbors currently. We have had some bad ones in the past but right now, I can really not complain. Are they without their flaws? Of course not, but how many things in life, were without flaws. Yet, I really cannot complain about the quality of my neighbors. They are very good all things considered. There are times where they are a bit loud at night, but it's not that often.
I think that the best thing any of my neighbors have done was help shovel the driveway, so we can get in it when we got back during a heavy snowstorm. That was the very definition of being a good neighbor to say the very least. That saved a lot of time, because I doubt we would be able to get back in without their help. So that is good. I have some good neighbors.
@magnetizer89 (105)
• India
18 Sep 10
i was not as lucky as you...
my neighbours are not as good as yours...
but they are kinda OK.. they all are busy in their own life...
no one here is interested in anyone happiness or sadness....
Hope for the best...
@bluidkiti (37)
• United States
18 Sep 10
I feel I have good neighbors. We are not into each others business but if something occurs and we should need the other one, we are there for each other - looking out for each other. My little neighborhood is quiet and peaceful. My husband and I really like this after a busy week of working. It was one of the things that attracted us to this area.
@Gautam1002 (730)
• India
30 Aug 12
Well I am in my college years these days but nevertheless I do have neighbours as I stay in the hostels inside college campus. It has been a month now since I joined my college and I won't say my neighbours are very cruel or unkind inn any sense. They have been helpful to me and so am I. But we haven't developed a very strong relation yet which I think will surely happen once we get accustomed to each other.
@DeenaD (2684)
• United States
18 Sep 10
You are lucky to have such good neighbors. I also have good neighbors. They are the kind of people who will watch our house when we are away and also the kind of people that will invite us over when they are having a party or a barbecue. I realize not all neighbors are like this, so I consider myself fortunate!
@GemmaR (8517)
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18 Sep 10
We have just moved into a new block of flats in the last couple of months. I was a little worried at first about the amount of noise that might be coming from the blocks, but I needn't have worried, as all of the neighbours are good. At my parents house however, they have just gained some very noisy neighbours with several young children, who seem to like to play in the garden from very early in the morning to very late at night.
I think that some people are just selfish, but others might not realise just how much of their noise their neighbours can hear. I used to play the piano without realising that the neighbours were able to hear it, but as soon as I realised that they could, I stopped playing it without headphones.
@Angelgirl16 (2171)
• United States
18 Sep 10
Hi greeline,
I too, bought a house in another state and neighborhood where I knew no one. My very first day in the neighborhood, my neighborhood came over and shook hands and introduced herself. Later, I found that the entire neighborhood is just as friendly. I feel that I hit the jackpot when it comes to the right neighborhood and the right neighbors.
My job is at the local elementary school. So, after being here for over ten years, the children are like my own. No matter what part of town I am shopping or taking care of business there will always be a current or ex-student saying hello to me. I have seen many of them grow up and go off to college. I wish I would never have to move from this area. We all look out for each other, come rain or shine.
Yes, I do have wonderful neighbors.
@enthusiasticone (348)
• China
18 Sep 10
so glad to hear it , and just like you .i have so many good neighbourhood around me, not onlyneighbor also my colleague . all have good friendship with each other. just cherish it and do sth for it .
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
18 Sep 10
It is really very difficult now a days to have good neighbours because all are busy with their own activities & have no spare time for others. This is the order of the day, but there are exceptions also and I am one of those fortunates among so many who can boast of his neighbours. We are really friends in the true sense of the word. We often visit one another's house & help each other whenever it is needed. I think all of us should have a fellow feeling, should have a helping hand to each other, which in turn will make the world a better place for living.