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Who are the people in your neighborhood?

You know how you can tell how ASS BACKWARDS people's priorities in life are? Just say hello, wave, or smile politely at random people walking down the street, and see their reaction.

My buddy and I were out enjoying the sun on his front porch the other day and we gave friendly greetings to all who passed. How many of those people do you think smiled or waved, or said hello back? Not many. In fact, most of them seemed shocked, appalled, or offended!!

There's something wrong with people when a simple friendly hello from their fellow man is offensive!!

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Originally posted by jennypie You know how you can tell how ASS BACKWARDS people's priorities in life are? Just say hello, wave, or smile politely at random people walking down the street, and see their reaction. My buddy and I were out enjoying the sun on his front porch the other day and we gave friendly greetings to all who passed. How many of those people do you think smiled or waved, or said hello back? Not many. In fact, most of them seemed shocked, appalled, or offended!! There's something wrong with people when a simple friendly hello from their fellow man is offensive!!

in NYC, if I don't know you or haven't seen you around a lot and you say hello to me, i'll shake my head and say sorry I don't got anything to give ya =)

its common knowledge, not being rude thats just how it is

I have recentle moved into a new apartment. The next door neighbour is constantly fighting with his girlfriend day and night. He's constantly locking her out the flat and I hear her kicking the front door at 2am. Then they argue some more while i try to get to sleep.

Apart from that, they are lovely people.

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Originally posted by jennypie There's something wrong with people when a simple friendly hello from their fellow man is offensive!!

So true. I've actually refrained from saying hello to the majority of so called 'friends' in Dundee anymore, because of the offended reaction i get from them. It's like I've just shot their dog.

However, the many people that live here are generally pig-ignorant.

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Originally posted by get nyce its common knowledge, not being rude thats just how it is

Common knowledge isn't so common anymore though.



I don't mean to sound pessimistic, because I DO believe in the greater good. It's just disappointing to see so many people blinded by whatever bullshit they've decided to get themselves caught up in.

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Originally posted by DJ_Eternal I have recentle moved into a new apartment. The next door neighbour is constantly fighting with his girlfriend day and night. He's constantly locking her out the flat and I hear her kicking the front door at 2am. Then they argue some more while i try to get to sleep. Apart from that, they are lovely people.

If shes hot, invite her in!!

My neighbourhood is good. I'll walk down the street and if its quiet i say hi to everyone...most are taken aback by it for a few seconds but they always reply

Kinda makes u feel good.

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Originally posted by Jackson Kinda makes u feel good.

It really does!

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Originally posted by jennypie Common knowledge isn't so common anymore though. I don't mean to sound pessimistic, because I DO believe in the greater good. It's just disappointing to see so many people blinded by whatever bullshit they've decided to get themselves caught up in.

perhaps the way you BELIEVE in a greater good, isn't exactly how everyone else believes in seeing the greater good in each other. i learned that disappointment comes from expectations and im not saying its 'bad' to expect people to be kind-hearted and naturally for the 'greater good', just the harsh reality (common knowledge) is that people don't have time to find out about other peoples lives or care to stop and simply return a greeting without thinking/expecting that they want something in return. As fucked as it sounds, it's the truth so yes common knowledge isn't so common but in a fucked up way it's understood ya know

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Originally posted by DJ_Eternal I have recentle moved into a new apartment. The next door neighbour is constantly fighting with his girlfriend day and night. He's constantly locking her out the flat and I hear her kicking the front door at 2am. Then they argue some more while i try to get to sleep. Apart from that, they are lovely people.

lol. my friends at dundee uni and she got pushed down some stairs by some ned the other week for no reason.

it also reminds me of that couple on father ted, you know which one i mean who're always fighting until ted shows up.

Anyway. my town is fairly friendly, most people will talk

my street i even know most ppl and we've been here 10 months. lets see

attached to us: couple in late 20s, 2 kids (he has an older one from another relationship too) always talk

next to them, old lady, collie dog, lovely and friendly.

Across road. woman in her 50s or 60s, always friendly

next door - couple, he's retired, shes still working, loud dog, grown up kids, grandkids etc, can end up talking for 2 hours in a go if you're not careful.

next to that, couple with teenage son, and older kids who're 30ish who dont live in

next to that, the welfare family. look like thieves but still friendly. I just wouldn't turn my back on them.

next to that old old lady, she looks 90 but shes friendly enough

and next to that my brothers mate from school who used to also live on the old street we did (but moved twice) and then moved into this one just before we did, kinda creepy.

next to that, bloke with HUGE SUV/Camper type truck, I think it's an umm big american brand. we just laugh at how much gas it must take him to get to the shops and back cos he cba to walk.

And in town most people will talk, or at least smile. Some are ignorant but it's not bad. next town over its hard to hear an english accent though, much bigger and multicultural. I guess it's what happens when you live fairly rural though (whole town here which is like 6 communities has 35000 ppl)

In my neighbourhood....
Mrs. Hazard and will take Canine Hazard for a walk, which should take 30 minutes but will normally take 45-50 due to the conversations we end up in with various people we will meet enroute (say 3-4 short conversations per walk).
There is a man on our walking route who just finished fixing up an early 80s Ferrari GTO... when I mentioned to him that it has long since been my dream car he took me for a spin... even let me drive it.
My neighbour's children play in my back yard.
At least once a week someone from our street will walk across the backyards and invite everyone to their house for drinks.
When I built a deck in my backyard a couple of weeks ago neighbours showed up with tools to see if they could help, others popped by to see how it was going.
When my fence (decorative on the front lawn) was vandalized a month ago a passerby picked up the boards that had been removed and placed them by my front door.

My neighbourhood is like something out of 1950s suburbia... I love it.

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard In my neighbourhood.... Mrs. Hazard and will take Canine Hazard for a walk, which should take 30 minutes but will normally take 45-50 due to the conversations we end up in with various people we will meet enroute (say 3-4 short conversations per walk). My neighbour's children play in my back yard. At least once a week someone from our street will walk across the backyards and invite everyone to their house for drinks. When I built a deck in my backyard a couple of weeks ago neighbours showed up with tools to see if they could help, others popped by to see how it was going. When my fence (decorative on the front lawn) was vandalized a month ago a passerby picked up the boards that had been removed and placed them by my front door. My neighbourhood is like something out of 1950s suburbia... I love it.

I'm moving there, find me a house for $175'000 ?

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Originally posted by get nyce perhaps the way you BELIEVE in a greater good, isn't exactly how everyone else believes in seeing the greater good in each other. i learned that disappointment comes from expectations and im not saying its 'bad' to expect people to be kind-hearted and naturally for the 'greater good', just the harsh reality (common knowledge) is that people don't have time to find out about other peoples lives or care to stop and simply return a greeting without thinking/expecting that they want something in return. As fucked as it sounds, it's the truth so yes common knowledge isn't so common but in a fucked up way it's understood ya know

Nah I don't have expectations of people, that's not what I meant. I would have stopped smiling and waving a long time ago if that's how I thought.

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Originally posted by Ian I'm moving there, find me a house for $175'000 ?

Sorry Ian... my neighbour just sold his for $290K... and it's the smallest one on the block (prices are skyrocketing in Waterloo).

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Originally posted by jennypie You know how you can tell how ASS BACKWARDS people's priorities in life are? Just say hello, wave, or smile politely at random people walking down the street, and see their reaction. My buddy and I were out enjoying the sun on his front porch the other day and we gave friendly greetings to all who passed. How many of those people do you think smiled or waved, or said hello back? Not many. In fact, most of them seemed shocked, appalled, or offended!! There's something wrong with people when a simple friendly hello from their fellow man is offensive!!

I thought Americans were generally friendly to strangers... BUt then again, some of what you said doesn't surprise me. Alot of people are 'in it for themselves' nowadays. There's no sense of community, more about the individual...

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard In my neighbourhood.... Mrs. Hazard and will take Canine Hazard for a walk, which should take 30 minutes but will normally take 45-50 due to the conversations we end up in with various people we will meet enroute (say 3-4 short conversations per walk). There is a man on our walking route who just finished fixing up an early 80s Ferrari GTO... when I mentioned to him that it has long since been my dream car he took me for a spin... even let me drive it. My neighbour's children play in my back yard. At least once a week someone from our street will walk across the backyards and invite everyone to their house for drinks. When I built a deck in my backyard a couple of weeks ago neighbours showed up with tools to see if they could help, others popped by to see how it was going. When my fence (decorative on the front lawn) was vandalized a month ago a passerby picked up the boards that had been removed and placed them by my front door. My neighbourhood is like something out of 1950s suburbia... I love it.

That sounds really nice! Where d'you live?

heh. we're about to put ours on the market for about $280'000 ish but that's cos my mums job is expiring in 6 months, I wanna move out, and I have a small amount of cash in this, about $35000 so I can fund some education plus lifestyle changes and my bros home now for a bit cos you canucks wouldn't give him a work permit, so he's gaining field experience here to try again in 12 months time (plus he's aiming to be married to the candian girl in like 16 months )

i know my neighbours from the same building, and a sculptor who lives in the same street as me and puts out some new random abstract suclptor every month or two on display around his house, and that's it.

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Originally posted by jennypie Nah I don't have expectations of people, that's not what I meant. I would have stopped smiling and waving a long time ago if that's how I thought.

lol i know but you shouldn't be disappointed if people don't reciprocate the greeting. i mean granted i say wdups to the 'regulars' on my block but the dudes who stay asking for stuff i just ignore them then they actually get offended that you ignore them can you believe that! lol they get all loud like hey im askin you a question, then you say back, yea you ask me the same shit every day no i dont got no money for you, no i dont got no food for you...

so let me tell ya, there's this one FAT dude that always hangs on my block asking people for shit. so one day im comin back from the pizza store with a slice of pizza in a box and he goes hey you got any extra food for me? i said nah i just got this pizza for my dinner and he goes do you have an extra sandwich upstairs or anything you can give me. lol im like WTF, i say no and i walk into my building. i go back out to get a cig from the hotel doormen next door and he's still out there...so after my smoke he goes hey and i ignore him, and he goes hey im talkin to you, i said look i dont have anything to give you and he goes do you have an extra AM/FM radio I can have? LOL WHAT THE FUCK! haha

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Originally posted by get nyce lol i know but you shouldn't be disappointed if people don't reciprocate the greeting. i mean granted i say wdups to the 'regulars' on my block but the dudes who stay asking for stuff i just ignore them then they actually get offended that you ignore them can you believe that! lol they get all loud like hey im askin you a question, then you say back, yea you ask me the same shit every day no i dont got no money for you, no i dont got no food for you...

But I never said I WAS disappointed that people don't reciprocate, lol.


I said it's disappointing that people don't know the pleasure of simple kindness/friendliness.

in the small time that i have spent in the bahamas i have realized im the youngest non black person to actually live there by at least 7 years.

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Originally posted by get nyce lol i know but you shouldn't be disappointed if people don't reciprocate the greeting. i mean granted i say wdups to the 'regulars' on my block but the dudes who stay asking for stuff i just ignore them then they actually get offended that you ignore them can you believe that! lol they get all loud like hey im askin you a question, then you say back, yea you ask me the same shit every day no i dont got no money for you, no i dont got no food for you... so let me tell ya, there's this one FAT dude that always hangs on my block asking people for shit. so one day im comin back from the pizza store with a slice of pizza in a box and he goes hey you got any extra food for me? i said nah i just got this pizza for my dinner and he goes do you have an extra sandwich upstairs or anything you can give me. lol im like WTF, i say no and i walk into my building. i go back out to get a cig from the hotel doormen next door and he's still out there...so after my smoke he goes hey and i ignore him, and he goes hey im talkin to you, i said look i dont have anything to give you and he goes do you have an extra AM/FM radio I can have? LOL WHAT THE FUCK! haha

rofl.

Where in NYC d'you live (roughly)?

Only two sets of neighbors for me: the in-laws and the "other" neighbors. The "others" are Native American, or so they claim. She's full blooded something or other and he's "part" Native American. I love looking out and only seeing two houses, though I'd prefer to see none.

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Originally posted by get nyce perhaps the way you BELIEVE in a greater good, isn't exactly how everyone else believes in seeing the greater good in each other. i learned that disappointment comes from expectations and im not saying its 'bad' to expect people to be kind-hearted and naturally for the 'greater good', just the harsh reality (common knowledge) is that people don't have time to find out about other peoples lives or care to stop and simply return a greeting without thinking/expecting that they want something in return. As fucked as it sounds, it's the truth so yes common knowledge isn't so common but in a fucked up way it's understood ya know

That's how I've felt recently. In this respect, the less you expect of people, the less dissappointed you feel when something doesn't go the way you'd hoped.

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Originally posted by Zoso I love looking out and only seeing two houses, though I'd prefer to see none.

pics or stfu

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Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_ pics or stfu

Let me see what I've got on hand at work, sir. Slim pickins, I fear.

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Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_ That sounds really nice! Where d'you live?

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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