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Originally Posted by Alpine

The secret to getting to know your neighbors is having a dog lol (assuming there are dogs in your neighborhood). Walk the dog and you will run into neighbors that a) have a dog themselves, b) are out for a walk after dinner, c) neighbors working on their property.

Of course, this doesn't apply if your neighborhood is dominated by immigrants who spend all their time indoors with the blinds drawn like my HK inlaws lol.

LOL. I was working on the car outside today when some Chinese lady pops up like a genie right in front of me and starts talking to me and my wife in Mandarin (we don't speak it). We figure out she speaks Cantonese and then she starts asking us all these questions about our patio umbrella right up in my wife's face.

Finally she leaves and then we find out she lives across the street from us - no introduction or greeting or welcome to the neighbourhood. Just "Where'd you get that umbrella and how much is it?"