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Most people do not know their neighbors so this makes sense. If you don't interact with someone frequently enough to actually know them then it's unlikely you w

Most people do not know their neighbors so this makes sense. If you don't interact with someone frequently enough to actually know them then it's unlikely you will notice if they are gone for a week or two and at that point they will be decomposing. Paranoia is increasing because of social isolation but knowing a few of your neighbors is a generally good idea even if you have a city with its own dedicated police and fire departments.

was_a_dev 3y ago
Living in the UK, I only started to interact with my neighbours once we bought our house. While renting, I was always surrounded by other people renting. People were more transient and the properties lacked gardens to promote to being outside long enough to see any neighbour. In our last rental property, our upstairs neighbour changed five times in about 15 months. We gave up knowing who was who by the end.
- nly 3y ago
  Same here. I bought a house in January and now I know my neighbours names and chat to them whenever I see them (which still isn't often). This year I'll be able to hand deliver Christmas cards.
OfSanguineFire 3y ago
In Finland, it is considered so either awkward or a faux pas to be out in the hallway of a block of flats at the same time as a neighbor, that people develop a habit of looking out the peephole before opening the door of their flat and stepping out. (A HN poster from Sweden said the same of his own country just the other day.) I think you would run up against immense social resistance to urban-dwellers having to get to know their neighbors, not because of "paranoia" but simple desire to keep to oneself. There has got to be another way for social services to check in and be alerted.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago
  That seems sketchy for the happiest place on earth?
  - dzhiurgis 3y ago
    It’s all about happy vs decomposing ratio
  - sneed_chucker 3y ago
    Is Finland known as that? They have really high suicide rates there.

was_a_dev 3y ago

Living in the UK, I only started to interact with my neighbours once we bought our house. While renting, I was always surrounded by other people renting. People were more transient and the properties lacked gardens to promote to being outside long enough to see any neighbour. In our last rental property, our upstairs neighbour changed five times in about 15 months. We gave up knowing who was who by the end.

nly 3y ago
Same here. I bought a house in January and now I know my neighbours names and chat to them whenever I see them (which still isn't often). This year I'll be able to hand deliver Christmas cards.

OfSanguineFire 3y ago

In Finland, it is considered so either awkward or a faux pas to be out in the hallway of a block of flats at the same time as a neighbor, that people develop a habit of looking out the peephole before opening the door of their flat and stepping out. (A HN poster from Sweden said the same of his own country just the other day.) I think you would run up against immense social resistance to urban-dwellers having to get to know their neighbors, not because of "paranoia" but simple desire to keep to oneself. There has got to be another way for social services to check in and be alerted.

mensetmanusman 3y ago
That seems sketchy for the happiest place on earth?
- dzhiurgis 3y ago
  It’s all about happy vs decomposing ratio
- sneed_chucker 3y ago
  Is Finland known as that? They have really high suicide rates there.