I know our immediate neighbors, the two across the street the two on either side and now, the new couple kitty corner across the street because she is our veterinarian. The household directly across the street from us as our architect so we talked to him regularly and now that his work is done in our house here, he and DH go out to lunch now and then..
But I’m getting to know neighbors down the block because of this alcohol recovery house that’s going in next to them. They are raising a ruckus and want us neighbors further away from it to know about it and support their cause, which I do, but I do not believe there’s anything we can do to keep the alcohol recovery place out.
In my former city neighborhood we knew everyone on the block and we had parties with a few of them, and worked with them in the community garden. When you work with people, you really get to know them.
I was block captain so I was keeper of contact information for everyone on two blocks. It’s funny that a couple weeks ago someone from my old block contacted me because they needed to know how to contact a family member for someone who is living on the block. They hadn’t seen that old guy for several weeks and they wanted to know what was going on. I was the only one who knew his daughter and how to reach her.