Know your nextdoor neighbours by first name?

veryangryman · 12-08-2010 09:43PM #1

I dont think many people do. I know mine on the right, but not the left. Just trying to get a general feel for how many people do.

AckwelFoley · 12-08-2010 09:44PM

Yes. I know both of them

Its nice to be social

Depends on where you live of course.

If you live in an estate where alot of the houses are rented, people come and go

If you were from longford, your next door neighbour could be a cyclops, and scare your children

12-08-2010 09:46PM

Where i'm originally from, we knew all our neighbours, and quite well actually. We lived in a small cul-de-sac. About 12 houses on the street. Where I live now, I haven't a clue who my neighbours are and I love it like that!

strokemyclover · 12-08-2010 09:46PM

I know mine by nickname. There's B*stard and Sh*thead and etc. etc.

Can get awkward when saying hello and you accidentally say their nickname instead of their actual names

lynski · 12-08-2010 09:46PM

yeah, on the right, on the left for 3 houses, across the road, and about 8 other houses in the estate. but in fairness it is an older estate and very friendly

minidazzler · 12-08-2010 09:46PM

I've been living on the same row for 20 years, there have been 9 families living here in that time.

3 since the start, 3 moved away and 3 blowins

Know all that were here from the start and 1 lot of the blow ins.

The other 2 I don't know at all, all I do know is they are settled travellers.

Kiera · 12-08-2010 09:47PM

Yup know both sides plus the neighbours to their sides and so on.......

furiousox · 12-08-2010 09:48PM

Yeah, I know my neighbours by name for about 4 houses on either side of me.
I actually leave my front door wide open when my kids are outside playing (not unlocked, wide open) I mentioned this at work and was met with disbelief all round.
Is it that unusual these days?

AckwelFoley · 12-08-2010 09:48PM

veryangryman wrote: »

I dont think many people do. I know mine on the right, but not the left. Just trying to get a general feel for how many people do.

Just noticed, you're in athlone too..

Open your Window, im going outside to scream.. see if you can hear me..

brb

FlutterinBantam · 12-08-2010 09:48PM

yep

'Buddy' is on one side

'Pal' is on the other.

:cool:

shoryuken · 12-08-2010 09:48PM

i know his name alright, but does he know mine?

angelxx · 12-08-2010 09:49PM

I know mine by name on both sides, Small community.

galwayrush · 12-08-2010 09:53PM

I live in a rural area, about 10 miles from Galway, only about 45 houses in our cul-de-sac,( there was 2 houses 15 years ago) at a guess, wouldn't know half of them. Know the people each side of me .

The Highwayman · 12-08-2010 09:53PM

Dont know any of them, dont want to.

WindSock · 12-08-2010 09:55PM

Grunt on one side and Nod on the other.

WesternNight · 12-08-2010 09:56PM

Yup, I know my nextdoor neighbours by their first names. As well as most of the rest of the street. We've all lived on the street for over 20 years.

Can't say I know the ones who've moved in in the last few years, though.

MIRMIR82 · 12-08-2010 09:59PM

ya i know all my neighbours names...
But i like to call them..the [EMAIL="f@cker"]f@cker[/EMAIL] with the noisy dogs and the pr!ck with the noisy rooster:mad:

The Big Red Button · 12-08-2010 10:01PM

I live in an apartment block, I'd just about know my neighbours to see ... don't know any names! Only real contact I ever had with them was to borrow a corkscrew once.

MultiUmm · 12-08-2010 10:01PM

Yep, I know loads of my neighbours by first name, not just my next door ones.

I grew up in what would be considered a working class area, and there's a great sense of community spirit here. Loads of my neighbours, even a few who'd be a bit rough around the edges are all really nice people when you get chatting to them. As a kid I spent loads of time in my friends parents houses, you'd get to know everyone from a fairly young age.

Some lovely people where I live, respectable and hard-working and couldn't ask for nicer neighbours tbh. A few bad apples tarnish the image of the whole place completely thanks to how the meeja likes to play up shock stories.

alwaysadub · 12-08-2010 10:03PM

I know their names alright yep.
Could count on one hand the amount of times i've actually had a conversation with them in the 18 or so months i'm living here however.

Latchy · 12-08-2010 10:10PM

I know and chat to them for a few minutes at least once a week .What I like about them is they are both quite sets of people who bother nobody .

upmeath · 12-08-2010 10:16PM

Live above shop in town centre, apartment next to us rents fairly frequently, so no.
In the student flat in Dublin, we at least know their faces. We've two lesbians in their late thirties on one side. On the other it's the two auld biddies who only venture beyond the front door once weekly, to attend evening mass on a Saturday.

January · 12-08-2010 10:22PM

I actually do not know my next door neighbours name but that's cos we're both renting... the estate I live in though I know nearly everybody else because I've lived here for the last 23 years, just moved into my own house because I have my own family now, my mother and father live around the corner.

SadieSue · 12-08-2010 10:25PM

I know our next door neighbour as we've minded her cat for her when she went on holidays a few times.:pac:
I knew the aul lad that lived there before her. He was our landlord's dad. He tried to commit suicide in the apartment and was hospitalised..

He died a while later of a heart attack (not in the apartment but in an old folks home).
I don't know the people living directly below us as they are not that friendly and stuff but the guy living in the basement is a friend of the landlord's.

chellypoo74 · 12-08-2010 10:27PM

Nope, just moved in but I will soon.

Einstein · 12-08-2010 10:28PM

chatterpillar wrote: »

I live in an apartment block, I'd just about know my neighbours to see ... don't know any names! Only real contact I ever had with them was to borrow a corkscrew once.

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