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Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing

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Re: Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing

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Post by kilbuz »

irrational wrote: post #13

In our last house we knew 90% of the people on our street and regularly interacted with them. We have been in our new house for just over 2 years and only know our neighbors on one side of our house. The neighbor in the other house moved in just a week after we did. In those 2 years we have seen him only once, they day he moved in when he pulled up in his car, got out (without looking our way), opened the garage door…

The global pandemic may be affecting their behavior.

Re: Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing

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Post by abyssin »

irrational wrote: post #13

In our last house we knew 90% of the people on our street and regularly interacted with them. We have been in our new house for just over 2 years and only know our neighbors on one side of our house. The neighbor in the other house moved in just a week after we did. In those 2 years we have seen him only once, they day he moved in when he pulled up in his car, got out (without looking our way), opened the garage door…

I also have an experience where the design of the neighborhood heavily affects interaction with my neighbours. I live in a street whose entrance is too narrow for cars. Except for the occasional motorcycle, the soundscape makes it possible to chat every time I exit my house and there’s no barrier between the houses affecting visibility. Hanging out in front of the house is enjoyable because the backyards are tiny. We have a great relationship with all our neighbours and they form a sort of extended family. In the beginning, one thing that surprised me was the social dynamics reminding me of school, but it still beats anonymity. There are great demonstrations of support with the elders, the parents, or the alcoholics of the street when they can’t open their door at night. We are quite different from each other but physical proximity overcomes it.

Re: Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing

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Post by giraffe_lady »

irrational wrote: post #13

In our last house we knew 90% of the people on our street and regularly interacted with them. We have been in our new house for just over 2 years and only know our neighbors on one side of our house. The neighbor in the other house moved in just a week after we did. In those 2 years we have seen him only once, they day he moved in when he pulled up in his car, got out (without looking our way), opened the garage door…

Did you move into an affluent & predominantly white neighborhood? I will probably get shit for this, but this has been the norm in those from my experience.

After I got into tech I lived in a couple of them for five years then just gave up and moved back to the underdeveloped part of the city I grew up in, where people are willing to acknowledge each other.

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Post by dimva »

irrational wrote: post #13

In our last house we knew 90% of the people on our street and regularly interacted with them. We have been in our new house for just over 2 years and only know our neighbors on one side of our house. The neighbor in the other house moved in just a week after we did. In those 2 years we have seen him only once, they day he moved in when he pulled up in his car, got out (without looking our way), opened the garage door…

Why would you move away from such a nice situation?

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Post by tayo42 »

Having neighbors you don't mind and will say hi is probably good for your wellbeing. Bad neighbors is a nightmare. Not having a place where you feel like you can safely retreat to and relax or confidently get a full night of sleep is a bad feeling.

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Post by sigmar »

>Men were more likely to greet neighbors than women, as were people with children under the age of 18 in the household, and people with a household income of more than $120k a year.

ah, so "wealthier people are happier and greet more neighbors". Things are much more simple when you drill down into the confounding variables. The data does not support the causality inferred by "maximizes" in the title.

Re: Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing

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Post by barbazoo »

ethanbond wrote: post #16
xeromal wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean isn't a suburb one of those HOA neighborhoods with houses every 1/4 acre? Seems ripe for neighbor communication. This seems like a cop out.

In the US most people in suburbs only ever walk from their door to their car (which is itself often inside the garage) and then they sit in their steel and glass box to the minimal possible distance from their desk, then do the reverse on the way home.

Do those "neighborhoods" even have sidewalks then?

Re: Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing

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Post by infogulch »

kilbuz wrote: post #21
irrational wrote: post #13

In our last house we knew 90% of the people on our street and regularly interacted with them. We have been in our new house for just over 2 years and only know our neighbors on one side of our house. The neighbor in the other house moved in just a week after we did. In those 2 years we have seen him only once, they day he moved in when he pulled up in his car, got out (without looking our way), opened the garage door…

The global pandemic may be affecting their behavior.

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