Have you noticed?
Feb 3, 2024 03:03:28 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
When I lived in the city I found knowing my neighbors other than their names and just saying hello usually ended up causing me trouble.
Out here in the sticks we wave at each other when passing, speak when we pass in a store or see them having trouble ( ask if they need help) and give help if needed. Everyone seem very happy that way.
Out here in the sticks we wave at each other when passing, speak when we pass in a store or see them having trouble ( ask if they need help) and give help if needed. Everyone seem very happy that way.
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Feb 3, 2024 05:17:58 #
Morry
Loc: Palm Springs, CA
I have a hunch that these people you are talking about "that used to sit out on their porch" have now chosen to sit inside the comfort of their home . . . and watch TV instead!
Feb 3, 2024 09:09:07 #
bobups wrote:
My house didn’t come with a porch over here in bath maybe I’ll have to drive over to your house
You would be welcomed any time.
Feb 3, 2024 10:05:59 #
Bridges wrote:
Driving through our neighborhood about 60% of the ... (show quote)
Drive by shooting. Though being more visible more often out front might prevent many mail package thefts.
Feb 3, 2024 10:23:57 #
We have a nice porch on our craftsman style house built in 2007. Along with the driveway, it faces NW, not good when the snow falls. But, it’s a treasure in the warmer months after a bike ride for cooling down.
Feb 3, 2024 11:51:18 #
mindzye
Loc: WV
Curmudgeon wrote:
Depending on where you live sitting in front can be dangerous. I noticed when I moved to Indiana in the early 70's nobody had privacy fences. I guess knowing and interacting with your neighbors is a thing of the past. By the time I returned to California everyone was hiding behind privacy fences and most didn't know their neighbors. Sad state of affairs 
Old folk saying: Strong fences make good neighbors
Feb 3, 2024 11:54:26 #
Bridges wrote:
Driving through our neighborhood about 60% of the ... (show quote)
Absolutely right. People don't seem to want interaction with neighbours anymore. Everywhere, life is getting more ugly by the minute.
Feb 3, 2024 12:16:27 #
mindzye wrote:
Old folk saying: Strong fences make good neighbors
Quote from the "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost. A poem about working with the neighbor to mend a stone wall in the spring.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44266/mending-wall
Feb 3, 2024 12:18:43 #
Come down my block in Kansas City, (35th and Walnut). I sit on the swing a lot and always greet the dog walkers. (It is a good way to guarantee they'll pick up the gifts their dogs leave.) And I feel totally sociable about not having to say something to someone I don't really know. Other folks wave sometimes just to see me out there.
Feb 3, 2024 12:30:49 #
mindzye
Loc: WV
robertjerl wrote:
Quote from the "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost. A poem about working with the neighbor to mend a stone wall in the spring.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44266/mending-wall
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44266/mending-wall
Always good to have the source and info update. Thx
Feb 3, 2024 15:53:46 #
My front porch is 200' from the road. There are only 8 houses in our small neighborhood. The closest house is 400' feet away. But during walks we see many of our neighbors if we time it correctly
Feb 3, 2024 16:57:01 #
My front porch is enclosed so it never freezes out there. I sit out there and drink my coffee while watching the birds, squirrels, neighborhood dogs and cats and give to treats to my neighbor's cat and 2 dogs that visit me almost every day.
When I was young, we sat on the front porch and waved and yelled back and forth at the neighbors. My mom and dad often sat out there with some tea or lemonade when it was time for our postman, just to give him a break. He WALKED his long route.
Too many things from the good old days are missing now.
PS: I NEVER...NEVER watch TV. I use my big TV for another monitor!
When I was young, we sat on the front porch and waved and yelled back and forth at the neighbors. My mom and dad often sat out there with some tea or lemonade when it was time for our postman, just to give him a break. He WALKED his long route.
Too many things from the good old days are missing now.
PS: I NEVER...NEVER watch TV. I use my big TV for another monitor!
Feb 3, 2024 17:31:18 #
Feb 4, 2024 15:46:37 #
We still live in a smallish town after having left [the big city], about 65 years ago.
No (paid) mayor, no localized police department, and part of our Fire and medical teams are volunteer. There is no local hospital, any more, as it was privately operated, for over 100 years. (Medicare and state insurances) ran them out of business 2 years ago.
We used to know friends and neighbors by the car or truck they were driving past in.
We all waved and they waved, even if they didn’t recognize us.
Now with everyone having (illegally darkened) windows, we can’t tell if they waved back or stuck out their tongues at us.
Oh, that we all drove convertible-sedans and could wave, “Hello,” again?
Maybe a bumper sticker telling the [tailgater] to : “Beep if you think we’re friends”
No (paid) mayor, no localized police department, and part of our Fire and medical teams are volunteer. There is no local hospital, any more, as it was privately operated, for over 100 years. (Medicare and state insurances) ran them out of business 2 years ago.
We used to know friends and neighbors by the car or truck they were driving past in.
We all waved and they waved, even if they didn’t recognize us.
Now with everyone having (illegally darkened) windows, we can’t tell if they waved back or stuck out their tongues at us.
Oh, that we all drove convertible-sedans and could wave, “Hello,” again?
Maybe a bumper sticker telling the [tailgater] to : “Beep if you think we’re friends”
Feb 11, 2024 08:42:56 #
I remember in Florida going to a beach and taking photographs of an amazing sunrise. Behind me, across a two lane road were $600,000 homes with rooftop sitting areas on all of them. I noticed that no one was sitting on them watching the sunrise, what a shame.
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