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Originally Posted by Qmx323
Super neighbourhood dependent.
My parent's block in central Richmond is a pretty even mix of all ethnicities, and there are maybe 2 or 3 houses on the block that don't maintain their yards to the "block standard"
A friends block two blocks to the east is maybe 80% Asian? A decent chunk of properties have replaced their front grass lawns with small stones.
A few completely ignored yards, but still inhabited, yeah it sucks to look at but it ain't my house lol.
In terms of community... There are a few households here that have chats outside but they've also known each other for 30+ years. I shoot the shit here and there, and with my next door neighbour we kinda bring in each others garbage cans over the years.
Would I miss this if they moved away? Maybe, I'd still help the neighbours with the garbage bins every now and then, but it would probably stop if not reciprocated.
Interesting how tech has connected us further, yet also lead to the closing off of these kinds of small "everyday" conversations.
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My parents house is at the end of the block with a green belt beside so we really only had 1 neighbour and for the longest time it was like this decrepit old Norwegian guy, then it was weird Russians, and now actually it’s a super nice Korean guy my dad talks to frequently and helps out etc. however growing up I had very little sense of community from the neighbours moreso due to the location of the house imo (compared to lots of my friends who lived in culdesacs etc. and would have block parties bla bla bla)
However, now in EV of the 5-6 houses directly surrounding mine they are all young families now and I actually know and talk to all of them. We invite them to parties we have and they do the same. Kinda nice but I think that is more age demo as we are all within 5-7 years or so I’d say