amywelb's Profile

As someone mentioned above - I think front porches and sidewalks make all the difference in the world when we're talking about houses and neighbors. I live in a bungalow-type neighborhood in the South and I know the neighbors on either side fairly well even though we've only lived here a year. As someone else said - kids help. My kids in particular are very friendly and actually know more about the neighbors than I do!

I am not a terribly social person but as a single mom of young-ish kids I really value having neighbors who know us, have a sense of our comings and goings and might be able to pick up if something is wrong.