Do you know your neighbors well and interact with them regularly?

It may seem odd but since we moved to my hubby's place, where his parents lived, I never knew their neighbors who lived so close to their house. I just see their faces everyday and is somehow familiar with how they look and where they live, like the next house to where we do live but to the point of being close to them is something I have never really done. It's not that I don't want to, perhaps, it's because I am not just the type of person who would mingle with my neighbors unless it's really necessary. And also, I am trying to avoid neighbors who has nothing to do but gossip. Just to avoid such situation to happen to either me or them in any way, that is why I choose not just to be close to any of our neighbors now.

I don't know my neighbours at all...in fact, I think it's not common for people in my country to interact with their neighbours...

This is likely to be a problem in many multistoreyed buildings Kiran or in sreets where houses are few and far between. In cities , people normally do not have much time to interactwith friends. In my case, you know I shifted residence recently. Earlier I was in a comound of 40 houses and I knew a few . Here we are ina block of just four and I know all of them.

Hi Kiran8, yes I Know my neighbors well. I live in a small town and a small community. I have lived here over 30 years and most of the residents have too. I have a kooky neighbor, but I know him well. When strangers come into the neighborhood or come to my door I don't open the door for them or let them in. Ocassionally we get people going door to door soliciting. We have scammers going around to preying on the elderly, we are all aware of this. And we have neighborhood watch. You just have to be very cautious and careful in these days.

Interesting. It's quite varied in my neighbourhood. I know lots of the permanent residents here but some houses have been converted into flats or shared homes so people are always moving in and out. I regularly speak to my next-door neighbours though, they've been around a while and I know I can trust them. However, I've also had many bad experiences with people in my local area including in my street and people within the family so there's a good side and a bad side to it all. I am planning on moving away soon though, there are too many people close-by who have already helped to destroy my life.

I have a good contact with my neighbors. you know i am a sri Lankan living in germany. this nationality difference never bothers me. I just have a good contact with them. they are always helpful also. My son is still going to the primary school near my house. so all his friends' parents are familiar to me and my neighbors also. And as i am a member in our village church i know many of my village people.

Hi, kiran8. Wow! I guess this is one of the main reasons why I don't just allow any and everybody into my house. Neighbor or no neighbor! This woman is fortunate and blessed to be alive and well. Any other way, would have been probably zero to none. She was being nice and these two men just took advantage of her, which was very wrong. Situations like this, makes people skeptical about opening up their front doors to anyone. There may be someone that may really need the help, but after hearing about someone else tragic attack, this will definitely makes others untrustworthy. I don't really know my neighbors that well. I may see them from time to time, but I don't interact with them on a daily basis. I have spoken to a few of them, and they may or may not speak back. Everyone around her pretty much stays to themselves. Several months back, I did have a neighbor that used to always come over to my mobile home asking for this and for that. He also, always wanted to talk to my husband. He would just come whenever he felt like it. It did not matter what time of the day that it was either. It was like he was so unconcerned about my privacy. I don't think that I would just ever open up my door to anyone that I don't know or that I am not expecting at the moment. Well, I may open my door and talk to them through my screen door though, but I will never let them inside of my home, for any reason. I have been known to hand people things while they were standing outside. I have even made them wait outside while I go retrieve whatever they have come to my home to receive. This woman was taken advantage of, well at least her kindness and trust was. I hope that the police has already caught these two men. For me to allow anyone to use my cell phone, I will have to at least have seen them around in my neighborhood. This is only if I can really, really help them out. To be honest with you, I am not comfortable at all with just letting anyone just use my cell phone if they are my neighbor. I have too many concerns about a person tapping into my cell phone, or just trying to find a way of inching inside of my home. I don't like to be played, so that is why I am more cautious about just letting a neighbor that I have seen or haven't seen inside of my home.

I know most of my neighbours as in I will say hello to them if I see them around, but I only really have proper conversations with the people who live on one side of us next door. They are lovely, and we will always send each other cards and presents on our birthdays which I think is a lovely thing to do. It was my 21st birthday on Tuesday, and they sent me a lovely card and a box of chocolates which was a lovely thought as it proves that they were thinking about me during their every day lives which I think is very sweet indeed.

Good morning Kiran ji, it is culture of metro cities that person are not familiar with their near by neighbors. The reason behind it is busy life style. I am living in a small colony. I have not relation with all the resident of this colony but I know them with face. We must not self centred.

Its weird that he let two men in her house. Even if its her neighbor. I don't let anyone in my house even if its my neighbor unless I know that neighbor personally. So what if they need a phone. Ask them why is it so important. If its personal important. Then tell them that you will call the phone company so that their phone can be fix. And if its emergency then tell them you will call police, ambulance or what ever emergency is that for them. But let them in? Hello?!

Same like you, I am here since I was a small kid so I know most of the people here even if I am not familiar or know their names exactly. let say same thing happen to us, we will only let people who we know well and help them. Otherwise if I don't know them, I will keep away from them. Nowadays crime victims can be anyone anybody. We can't trust people easily.(^^)

I moved to this current place just last year so I'm not too familiar with the people around me. We are quite friendly with this particular family who lived a few doors away from us but that's basically it. The others are just hi and bye neighbours who we meet in the lift from time to time. I think it would be good to really know our neighbours as help could be close at hand. What happened to this housewife is terrible and we should always remind ourselves to remain vigilant and suspicious of strangers who come knocking at our doors.

I know the owners of the houses in our neighborhood but there are persons especially those who just come to visit in our neighborhood. I am living in a rural area that is why I know the permanent residents of the area. I sometimes visit my children in Manila and they don't even know their next door neighbors. There is really a big difference in the neighborhood of the big city and the countryside area.

No I don't know my neighbours well. The one at my right I would recognize, we chat once in a while, say hi or accept eachothers post if we are not in. Some I only know by face but don't know exactly who they are or where they live. I would never accept anyone in my house to use my phone (except the ones I know) and if they really looked as if they are in trouble I would make the phone call for them or give them my cheap cell phone. But I would not allow them to step into my house. I think most of my friends don't know who their neighbours are. It's not normal anymore to introduce yourself if you come to live in a street or invite your neighbours to a party. Most people are busy day and night.

I think that all things considered, I know my neighbors rather well. Some neighbors rather more well than others. Of course, that is really because those neighbors have been there for years. It took a bit to know them granted, as with many people. There are a lot of times where we run into each other, we talk, and everything is going to be great. Hopefully we do in fact get along rather well and don't have any major problems. In fact, with my neighbors I feel blessed at the moment. Which is a good thing, as you have to deal with them on a regular basis if they live near by. So hopefully you are able to get along with them and they are going to really be helpful. I really think that there have been times where I have had neighbors that I have not gotten along with. Of course, right now, I really feel that they are good. Which is a good thing to say the least.