rox
Veteran Member
I read topic after topic on this website about people having issues with their neighbors and they will take considerable time and go to great efforts to go around and around talkng with different neighbors, government officals etc., but never talk man to man directly with their neighbors.
I would like to suggest that everyone invite their neighbors over for a neighborhood pot luck. Get to know your neighbors socially at least once a year or even every other year, get together and have a little party. This social networking will go very very far in reducing future issues. And it is a good thing to do, simply get to know your neighbors a little bit more than just waving at them. This first step does not have to lead to becoming "best freinds" or even friends but will greatly improve your understanding and evaluations of who you have living in proximity to you. The real only way to do this is in a social setting. Perhaps this is a good winter project, throw a party, and i like pot luck everybody brings a dish and it is something to talk about to break the ice. We can, and occasionally do, go to any of our direct neighbors when we need help or advice. Why? Becasue when we moved here we invited them over for cocktails a couple times and for lunch (lunches her are like full course dinners). Just a very small social effort has pays huge dividends. if I lived on a road with 5 or 6 houses i would invite them all over.
Just an idea for the TBNers to consider for 2007.
I would like to suggest that everyone invite their neighbors over for a neighborhood pot luck. Get to know your neighbors socially at least once a year or even every other year, get together and have a little party. This social networking will go very very far in reducing future issues. And it is a good thing to do, simply get to know your neighbors a little bit more than just waving at them. This first step does not have to lead to becoming "best freinds" or even friends but will greatly improve your understanding and evaluations of who you have living in proximity to you. The real only way to do this is in a social setting. Perhaps this is a good winter project, throw a party, and i like pot luck everybody brings a dish and it is something to talk about to break the ice. We can, and occasionally do, go to any of our direct neighbors when we need help or advice. Why? Becasue when we moved here we invited them over for cocktails a couple times and for lunch (lunches her are like full course dinners). Just a very small social effort has pays huge dividends. if I lived on a road with 5 or 6 houses i would invite them all over.
Just an idea for the TBNers to consider for 2007.