Do you know what your neighbors do?

@maezee (41988)
United States
September 4, 2017 5:22pm CST
I was just pulling out of my parking spot in front of the house I rent and a few cars up from mine, a neighbor from a couple houses down from me was also leaving, and I saw he was wearing a jacket with bold letters on it saying Allina EMS. So apparentlt we have a paramedic on my block! I thought this was really cool but then made me realize I really dont know about anything about my neighbors. I live in a semi urban setting (4 blocks out of the city) so maybe this is the norm. Have exchanged a few words with my next door neighbor but not much more. How well do you know your neighbors (do you know what they do for a living?)
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• United States
4 Sep 17
I have no idea Maezee. The girl that moved out next door was a hairdresser but that is the only one I knew of what they do. The rest I dont know.
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
4 Sep 17
Ahh ok I am glad Im not alone in that. How is your Labor Day going by the way?
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• United States
4 Sep 17
@maezee Still laborious lol, hows yours Maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
6 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView laborious! Good word! And same here lol
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@NJChicaa (120186)
• United States
4 Sep 17
I know the people who live immediately around me. We all get along well. I know what they do/did. Most of them are retired.
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
4 Sep 17
Nice. I would love to live next to retirees. One of our next door neighbors loves to party loudly on Friday and Saturday nights. Super annoying!
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
6 Sep 17
@NJChicaa Ugh! Super annoying. Some days I am happy to work nighys and weekends to not have to always listen to that crap!
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@NJChicaa (120186)
• United States
4 Sep 17
@maezee We have some of them too. It is noticeable in the summer when the windows are open and they have music blasting in their backyard.
@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
4 Sep 17
I only have two close neighbors. I know what they do for a living though one neighbor calls himself a consultant and I'm not sure exactly what he does.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
4 Sep 17
@maezee - Yup.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
4 Sep 17
Oh boy, that could be anything!
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
4 Sep 17
I know a few of my neighbors and what they do but there are others that I don't know at all.
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
4 Sep 17
Same here. I dont really know how to get to know these people either! Lol
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
5 Sep 17
@maezee I know how what you mean
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
4 Sep 17
My right neighbor is a pensioner but lost his wife to diabetes. My left neighbor is a fish farmer who herits his late dad fishery farm, the rest I don't know
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
4 Sep 17
Do you have a close relationship with them? And are you in a rural or urban setting?
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• Nairobi, Kenya
5 Sep 17
Yes. In the estate I live, it is so obvious that 98% of adults living there work in the hospital. It doesn't matter the occupation but as long as you work in Kenyatta National Hospital, you can live in Kenyatta National Estate :)
@maezee (41988)
• United States
6 Sep 17
Oh wow ok! So you have to work in the hospital to live in that community? Thats interesting!
• Nairobi, Kenya
6 Sep 17
@maezee oh yes :)
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
7 Sep 17
Most of our neighbors here in this area we might say Hi from time to time, but have no idea what most of their names are, or what they do for a living, and we live in a Cul De Sac and have been buying our home now for 9 yrs
• United States
6 Sep 17
My son in law is EMS as well, but only EMT,I personally don't know much about our neighbors and don't really need to, I am sure I have nothing in common with any of them. The people in my building are the best friends of my daughter and her husband.
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
4 Sep 17
I keep now most of our neighbors. I'm surrounded by five doctors, a psychiatrist, a TV personality, a writer, a former train conductor, a superintendent of schools, and several businessmen.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
6 Sep 17
Wow, what an interesting variety
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
6 Sep 17
@maezee Yes, but some are goofballs. Lol!
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
5 Sep 17
Nope. We have a neighbor, we thought he was working in an office but he was not, he sells jeepney sticker in high ways.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
6 Sep 17
What is jeepney stickers?
@Kandae11 (55175)
5 Sep 17
I'm afraid I don't. - they aren't that close to our house anyway.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
6 Sep 17
Yes it totally depends on what type of area you live in. Our houses in this urban setting are only a couple feet apart if even!
• Baguio, Philippines
4 Sep 17
With our neighbors, nah, I don't know their whereabouts. I even talk to one of my neighbors once.Lol. But in our province, all of my neighbors are known to me. I know their source of income, their family status, and almost everything unlike my neighbors here in the city.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
4 Sep 17
Oh wow! Sounds like a close knit community.
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• Baguio, Philippines
4 Sep 17
@maezee Probably. That is what I like about the people in our province. We treat each one as a family.
@augusta123 (6649)
5 Sep 17
Well,I mind my business.we could exchange pleasantries and I moved on
@maezee (41988)
• United States
6 Sep 17
I havent even done that!