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I don't know my current neighbors at all (I live in an apartment building with 150+ units) and I'm fine with that. However, when I was in a house... I met some
by bradlys 4y ago
I don't know my current neighbors at all (I live in an apartment building with 150+ units) and I'm fine with that.
However, when I was in a house... I met some. They were often the worst kind of people. The most NIMBY neolib white-flight our-neighborhood-is-going-to-hell 60+ year old assholes you could imagine. The one we thought was nice apparently would beat one of his kids and make him sleep outside the house. That was the nice one!
I can't say I know many good stories about neighbors. Look at movies - conflict with neighbors is a constant theme.
- switchbak 4y agoDamn, maybe you live in a crappy town?
- bradlys 4y agoIt's a lot like that in all of SV tbh.
- vel0city 4y agoConflict with neighbors is a common theme. But also friendship with neighbors. Wilson Wilson Jr in Home Improvement. Lawrence in Office Space. All the guys in King of the Hill. Even in some which start off with frustrations about neighbors sometimes shows strong bonds between them later like Grand Torino or Family Matters or even The Simpsons. I think a lot of TV shows and movies show a lot of different perspectives of neighbors, and I'm not convinced it's mostly negative. Lots show some amount of strife with neighbors, but even a romance movie will often show some amount of conflict between the protagonists.