Know your nextdoor neighbours by first name?

veryangryman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

furiousox

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

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

yep

'Buddy' is on one side

'Pal' is on the other.


:cool:

shoryuken

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

angelxx

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

galwayrush

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

Dont know any of them, dont want to.

WindSock

Grunt on one side and Nod on the other.

WesternNight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nope, just moved in but I will soon.

Einstein

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.

You needed this...

http://wimp.com/wineshoe/

:P

mikom

New guy just moved in next door, so calling over tonight to welcome him to the area
Called Larry, I think.

lazyQuestions

Einstein wrote: »

You needed this...

http://wimp.com/wineshoe/

:P

amazing, hope it works. all the wine openers are going out the window now.

iguana

Yup, I know my neighbours on both sides and I'm just a transient renter.

Mint Sauce

dont know the ones to the right, even though i say good morning/afternoon to them most days

ones to the left i know by first name.

Terry

106 houses. I'd say that I know and get along with about 80% of the people.
Council estates are awesome.

Lust4Life

Neighbour Dan watches my kid and Neighbour Chuck mows my lawn!
I love my neighbourhood!:p

Dudess

Nope - just to say hi to (apartment complex). They're very nice and have always assisted me with girlie car-related trouble. :pac:

AckwelFoley

Lust4Life wrote: »

Neighbour Dan watches my kid and Neighbour Chuck mows my lawn!
I love my neighbourhood!:p

If your second neighbours family name is Norris.

DO NOT:

• Ride his wife
• wake him when hes asleep
• steal his drink
• not laugh at his jokes

Scrambled egg

Know most of the people on my road by their first names and have regular dealings with them. Its nice , and its one reason I never want to live in one of those new housing estates. They lack any real soul and community spirit . Inner city FTW!!!

Cat Melodeon

I live in a village. I know everyone in it. I was born here, moved away for years and then came back again a few years ago. Sometimes when I drive through and I see all the same friendly faces waving at me as I pass by, I die a little inside.

pawrick

cant remember my neighbours names but they know mine - been here one year. back home i knew everyone but i grew up there

Gavin "shels"

I know nearly my whole road by first name or the older folk by Mr. or Mrs.

The Big Red Button

Einstein wrote: »

You needed this...

http://wimp.com/wineshoe/

:P

No WAY!

Gotta try this! An excuse for us to have a winey night in tomorrow!

W.Shakes-Beer

i know most people along my end of the road. Its nice to have a few people to speak to.

Kinda awkward being secluded from your own neighbours.

stovelid

Yeah, I know both sides by name (and their kids) and would chat to them every few days. Few fools on the road that look the other way. Generally the ones with the most ostentatious cars.

No way near like where I grew up though where I knew the names of every family on the street.

It was all fields there once.

branners69

Anyone else agree?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-go6lRcLzs

we'llallhavetea_old

furiousox wrote: »

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?

not weird at all, i leave my door wide open if my little one is playing outside. sometimes i wanna pummel the other kids for wailin in at me though.

i know all the neighbours names around me bar about three houses.

a house two doors down was broken into two nights ago, 06 passat gone, so it has us all out yackin and making sure everyone is being extra safe.

AckwelFoley

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

not weird at all, i leave my door wide open if my little one is playing outside. sometimes i wanna pummel the other kids for wailin in at me though.

i know all the neighbours names around me bar about three houses.

a house two doors down was broken into two nights ago, 06 passat gone, so it has us all out yackin and making sure everyone is being extra safe.

Suppose ye all call into each others houses now and a gain for a coffee.

we'llallhavetea_old

snyper wrote: »

Suppose ye all call into each others houses now and a gain for a coffee.

eh? eh? =P

no.

Dudess

snyper wrote: »

Suppose ye all call into each others houses now and a gain for a coffee.

:eek:

Minstrel27

I have no idea of my next door neighbours names. Scum to the right and Hungarians to the left that I will say hello to when passing.

we'llallhavetea_old

Dudess wrote: »

:eek:

he's one twisted bastard alright.

Terry

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

I live in a village. I know everyone in it. I was born here, moved away for years and then came back again a few years ago. Sometimes when I drive through and I see all the same friendly faces waving at me as I pass by, I die a little inside.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=self%20loathing

billymitchell

I'm not big fans of either of my neighbours, "Rock" and "Hard Place" :pac:

Agricola

Im a big culchie so Im on first name terms with everyone around me within a 5 mile radius.