How close are you with your neighbor?

@srisahara (4508)

Indonesia

November 5, 2015 10:06pm CST

Neighbors for me is the people who are close in my eyes but away from my heart. I respect my neighbors and do not want too much meddling in their domestic affairs. I have good relations with neighbors, but not familiar. How about you? How close are you with your neighbor?

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

6 Nov 15

We get on ok with most neighbours. A few virtually ignore us and some I don't even know by name

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

6 Nov 15

@srisahara I'm sure that's the case with my neighbours too - it isn't any kind of animosity

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

6 Nov 15

@arthurchappell yes, you are right that neighbors who ignore us it does not mean that they want make animosity with us.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

6 Nov 15

I think it is normal that there are some neighbors who ignore us and we do not know who they are, because we are often busy with our business, so there is no time know each other.

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@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

6 Nov 15

We had wonderful neighbours but they sadly moved away 6 months ago.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

6 Nov 15

I am sorry to hear that. Hopefully you will get new wonderful neighbors again. Unfortunately, I don't have a wonderful neighbor yet during I stay in my new house about 1,5 years.

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

6 Nov 15

@srisahara I am still in touch with my neighbours who were on either side of me 20+ years ago.

@Drosophila (16571)

• Ireland

6 Nov 15

I don't talk to my neighbours other than smile and say hi.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

I think it is okay just say hello and give smile each other. It make you never have a problem with them...

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@actiision (30)

• Qinhuangdao, China

6 Nov 15

When I live in the countryside, my family is familiar with my neighbors .We always talk with each other . Now I study in the city , I don't see them about two years .They move their family and setter down in the county . My family are very sad to lose them . But we still be touth with them by phone

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

7 Nov 15

Yes, having a good neighbor is a bless, you can help each other and keep in touch though you have not being neighbor again. Unfortunately, I do not have a nice neighbor yet.

@Driftr (201)

• Coimbatore, India

15 Dec 15

My aunt is my neighbour so I know her and am familiar with her. Also the other one is my childhood friend so we know each other well but we have reduced our conversations now since we are busy with our own lives now.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

15 Dec 15

I think you live with some good neighbors, where they are your relatives and your old friend, so that very close with them. I think you are lucky having a nice neighbors.

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

15 Jan 16

I greet them whenever I see them, but we rarely converse or visit each other's homes as I respect privacy and I want some privacy too specially when I am working/writing.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

16 Jan 16

Me too. I also say hello to them but never talk much. I respect their privacy too. I feel comfortable when I never know their business. Do you also feel the same with me?

@youless (112561)

• Guangzhou, China

6 Nov 15

We live in the apartment. However, we are not familar with our neightbors. I think this is the common problem to live in the city. You will just say hello to each other but that's all. You don't even know their names. In fact I wish to have a closer relationship with them. Such as if I cook something nice, I'd like to share with them. But it is hard to move that step.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

Yes, you are right, in the city it is very common, where most people does not familiar with their neighbors. Here, we are say hello each other and sometime give some food each other when have special day or celebration. But we seldom talk too much.

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

6 Nov 15

I am not really close with any of my neighbors.As you said it is nice to have good relations,but no need to be too familiar.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

Yes, I agree with you. Having a good relationship but not too familiar is a shape of respect.

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@delyaj30 (613)

• Quezon City, Philippines

6 Nov 15

i know who among my neighbors are good and some are plastics, so i treat them depends on their personalities

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

I think you are wise, you try to make a rational relationship. It is okay and fair.

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

6 Nov 15

We are very courteous and so are they.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

Woow...I think it is great, where you are very courteous them and they are so. I think it is a shape of respect.

@amnabas (14632)

• Karachi, Pakistan

6 Nov 15

We do greet each other outside but we often go to each others house

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

I think you are close with your neighbors...

@ria1606roy (2797)

• Kolkata, India

6 Nov 15

We are pretty close in the manner that we don't interfere in each other's personal matters, but just enough to trust them when we need them. Like for instance when we are locked out. Ours is one of the flats of residential complex, so it's kind of a social circle with neighbours throughout the day.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

Me too, I am respect them and never interfere their personal matters. I prefer respect them without know their problem. When they need a help, I help them and finish.

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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)

• Thiruvananthapuram, India

6 Nov 15

We have great relation with our neighbours. usually they have proven much valuable than relatives here in India

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

Oh...I think it is about tradition. Here, we are closer with relatives than to neighbors.

@hema7213 (3517)

• India

6 Nov 15

i am not close to my neighbours as i don't have much time to interact with them....but on festivals and some occasion we talk with each other

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

Agree with you. It is a good way to respect them without interfere their business. I also talk them when we have festivals or celebration.

@jstory07 (139782)

• Roseburg, Oregon

6 Nov 15

I know most of them up and down the street that I live on because we go for a walk every day and they wave and say hi. Sometimes we even stop and talk to them.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

17 Dec 15

I think you have a good relationship but not too close with them. It is a good attitude, I think.

Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37369)

• Toccoa, Georgia

6 Nov 15

It is so weird because I have a neighbor who has lived in our neighborhood as long as I have , 24 years, and we have hardly said two words to her. I do remember trying to strike up a conversation when we first moved in, but it was like she didn't want to associate, so I didn't bother her.

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@srisahara (4508)

• Indonesia

6 Nov 15

Yeahh...sometime we find weird neighbors...but we have to respect them. Because, it is their right to do, as long as they do not disturb us.