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One interesting thing I noticed when I was living in the middle of nowhere on a 5 acre parcel: I knew all of my neighbors. I'd encounter them on a regular basis
by newman8r 8y ago
One interesting thing I noticed when I was living in the middle of nowhere on a 5 acre parcel: I knew all of my neighbors. I'd encounter them on a regular basis and would have meaningful conversations with them. People would help out when needed, I had all their emails and phone numbers.
When I'm living in the suburbs or in a big city, meaningful contact with neighbors is fairly nonexistent.
- kasey_junk 8y agoGreat. One of the things I noticed when living in the country is I had virtually no interaction with my neighbors. Now in the city I interact with my neighbors all the time (maybe to the point of irritation). Perhaps the difference in our experience is explained by small sample size & not systematic differences...
- jniedrauer 8y agoThere is a threshold beyond which you have to know your neighbors in order to survive. Some of my earliest memories are riding my neighbor's snowmobile down the side of a mountain with my parents to buy groceries. Obviously this is not a situation which most rural dwellers will find themselves in.
- newman8r 8y agoyeah it probably goes beyond rural vs city living. In my situation, it was mutually beneficial to have good relationships with the neighbors because police and emergency services were 30 minutes away at best. Also I was in the desert and the population density was ~4-5 people per square mile - how does that compare to where you were living?