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Hi & great article! In fact, I signed up just to leave you a comment!! Only yesterday, I posted something eerily similar on my FB page. What prompted my reply, is the amount of responders who said they were introverted and not looking to be besties with the neighbors. I'm am introvert too, though some that know me may find that rather hard to believe, but it's true! I'm an introvert to the core, and rarely leave my home, a hermit, and have been so for the last 38 years. When I do get out, I smile and nod at passerby, and take it as a personal challenge to get surly sorts to smile back. Not because I require anyone's approval, far from it, it's just fun to see who you can get to smile back, or not, and if they don't its like waving red in front a mad bull to me. I "charge" right anead!!

Here's the snippet I wrote yesterday and posted on FB, enjoy!

St. Louis city dwellers, I love you!! The nicest folks in the world! People passing by make eye contact, smile, say hello, some even make (gasp!) random small talk, to complete strangers!!! It's such a contrast to the county, where my smiles, nods, hello's!, are either simply ignored or I'm given the "don't feed the stray dog" look.

In the city of StL, it's not uncommon to hear "Hi neighbor! How are you today? Isn't it a beautiful day?", from someone who not only is NOT your neighbor, but someone you'll likely never see again. And to the lady in line behind me at the bank, who was hollering positive remarks about my Obama bumper sticker, girl- you're the bomb! To connect with someone & share an LOL with a post election gloat, while waiting for the ATM is a most pleasant surprise!

Peace to all my "neighbors" both far and wide! My "neighbors" are those pleasant people who take the time to smile and interact with their fellow man while out performing often mundane tasks. The people who have a smile ready for everyone & are kind, no matter how messed up their day has been, who always have positive words to say to others. Sadly, they seem to congregate mostly east of me in the city proper.

I don't why suburbanites close themselves off from one another, but to my "neighbor-neighbor's": Look around you, smile once in awhile. I'm not going to follow you home if you do and beg for scraps. I'm not trying to be your "friend" when I randomly smile at you, & I'm not trying to "pick you up" either.

I'm just trying to be a good neighbor, neighbor.