Anyway back to the topic in hand, this couple on the show were making it adamant that they didn't want any neighbors, they were shown this property in which there was only one other house anywhere near it and still they were put off by the fact that they had anyone one else living within 500 meters of this house.
I like to live a private life personally and havn't really seen much of my neighbours where I currently live, then again i'm not sure whether living in a block of flats really incourages neighbourly relationships. However I think getting to know the neighbours even just next door is advantageous, there might just be friendships waiting to be made. When summertime comes around and they are holding a great smelling BBQ which your not invited to, while you're sitting in the kitchen staring at the stale bread that is your lunch, thinking that if only you had took the time to meet them.
I hear people say that in the old days that they used to leave front doors unlocked and everyone knew one another. Surely knowing your neighbours is essential for a community to exist at all, when you move into a new house would you knock on your neighbours door and introduce yourself? I think a large number of people wouldn't even think of doing this, another portion would probabily think about it but never get round to it. I would defentely try and take the step to introduce myself, especially if it looked as though we may share something in common. Usually quite hard to tell from a driveway but nonetheless.
On top of what I sort of feel should be a social responsability knowing your neighbours must have more advantages such as safety, knowing your neighbour would increase the chance of them noticing if something is wrong, e.g. if an fire alarm is sounding or dog barking they maybe more likely to take action to check if things are OK. Perhaps this is more of an importance for families with younger kids, knowing your neighbours would make you feel more secure about where the kids are playing and I remember when I was in junior school that for some reason my parents were both unable to get home for when me and my younger sister returned home from school so a neighbour who we could trust invited us in until they got home. That has got to be better (and safer) than just waiting out on the driveway.
Maybe knowing your neighbours may make them have more sympathy when deciding how far to turn the dial up on their stereo. Especially if they like their gansta rap or something, I would say something like nothing against gansta rap but thats not the case, it's shite. Anyway little rant over I will finish up this post with a final thought: "A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it" (Arthur Baer)
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