If you don't, why not?
If you do, do you regret it?
Do You Introduce Yourself to Your Neighbours?
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I don't. my neighbours are bikies
thats when you want to introduce yourself - theyll look after you then.
yeah true, except I use a rival bikie gang to sort out my problems….
Invite them all round for a barbie.. Should be fun.
And then ask for favours in return
My other roommate must be your neighbour.
So.. you're his neighbour then?
Cool, we have a meth house and assorted drug dealers.
Yes, I have and would introduce myself when a new neighbour move in close by. Not necessarily knocking at their door, but as soon as I see them outside.
It is good to have nice neighbours, and be one too. I know I play a part in creating this nice atmosphere.
Are you sure you are not pulling a Tucker and Dale vs Evil?
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/horrormovies/images/c/c6…
Googled the plot synopsis - sounded funny at first due to the over-exaggerated "no good deed goes unpunished" theme :-). Not so funny when plot turns dark and violent …
You can't judge a movie off of a plot synopsis!
The whole movie is dark, but dark humorous. Trying to read a synopsis about people getting impaled due to their own stupidity is never going to come across 'funny' persay. The movie offers a terrific 'don't judge a book by its cover' lesson/theme. No academy award winner by any stretch, but still an entertaining flick to watch.
UFO rating 6.5 out of 10 :).
Worth the time to watch it.
You have to go into it with the least amount of available information the lesser the better.
My dad showed it to me one day with no information..was the best day of my life only maybe topped by first time watching one of the top comedians or the onion movie.
@AlienC: Since so many OzBers endorse it, I will check it out :-). Thanks, I generally love comedies and on the lookout for good ones anyway.
@AlienC: Good, I look forward to seeing it.
PS. The last time fellow OZBer (JohnKimble) recommended the movie Office Space, I was so glad - I laughed so much! :-)@bluesky: lol what you still haven't seen office space until very recently.. man I both envy you and pity you at the same time so much good movies get to be seen.
@bluesky: I have honestly frighten most of them.. since I moved more onto drama lie game of thrones Vikings and the walking dead.. But check out Matt Stone and Trey Parkers early work like Baseketball team America etc they are south park creators hmm as for more movies like office space it is one of a kind
You sound fun…
Are they hot?
If they spot me looking through their window I say hi - that introducing isn't it?
Haha, make me laugh.
I think as long as you say it like Heath Leger's Joker when he says that creepy slow "hi" to Harvey Dent in hospital.
That always goes down well :).
Well I tried this during midnight. They then proceed to push 3 digits number through their home phone. Wouldn't reccomend
No that's when you pretend you are checking your reflection and then give a two thumbs up to by yourself and keep moving on.. or you know just keep staring until someone calls the police.
Pfft! Creeping through your neighbour's shrubbery is old-school.
Real OzBargainers use drones or webcams mounted in trees… erm… or so I'm told
No I'm anti-social.
I don't go outside if I see neighbours around.
That awkward uncomfortable atmosphere you anarchist made
You mean pacifist?
Passive aggresive
I recently moved from a reasonably working class suburb to a reasonably affluent suburb, first thing I noticed was that the neighbours in the new area all came around to say "hi". One came to the door to welcome my family to the neighbourhood, within a few days we got invited around to Christmas drinks with other neighbours, another came across and introduced his kids to me. While landscaping my front yard older people walking to dinner (there is a cafe strip at the end of the street) continually stopped to chat about the weather, various plants, Cookaburra's in the trees - basically anything. I actually quite like it and now make an effort to be equally as nice to randoms in the area. So I'm not sure if neighbourhood friendliness has to do with a wealth demographic, neighbourhood pride or simply age (I think the average age around this neighbourhood is older). Anyone else have a view re wealth/age/education as a determining factor when considering friendliness between neighbours?
Most people round me are happy to stop and have a chat. We've got to know a number of our neighbours since we moved in last year. We're not in a rich area, most people are tradies where we live.
Working class people will typically be more open to engaging in impromptu conversations with strangers/unknown neighbours than more affluent people. There are certainly plenty of exceptions with antisocial bogans and wonderfully friendly rich people but there absolutely exists a strong correlation.
You are in a great neighbourhood
They're just trying to suss out what class you are and how you can help them in future business - or if you are riff raff to be watched and commented on when not there to defend yourself.
Cynic alert.
The cynic alert should come first
Exactly this, but its not as evil as you make it out to be. Wealthy people are often so because they are proactive. I think we can all agree that it would be a good idea to know our neighbours to find out if they are psychopaths/pediphiles/drug dealers, its just the matter of whether its worth investing the time that people differ in opinion.
Hey not all psychos and druggies are bad people, in fact, most of them aren't (violent or dangerous).
Pedos, I'm pretty sure they are just sick in the technical sense, but I ain't touching that argument in a public space.
Oh oh, too late.
Optimist alert?
rich people love hanging out with working class, it improves their self-esteem
Yes kinda but only because my roommate kept saying hi to them as they were the same ethnicity.
otherwise I did once and even offered a Dominos pizza as he was playing guitar outside.
I think I scared him and he ate a slice of pizza but now I don't see him anymore.
Must have been some pizza you gave him there
I socially panicked. First time I saw my neighbor and since our porches were pretty open and I was holding 4 boxes of pizza (don't ask I was on a pizza high haha lol or low however which way you look at it) and thought it was a polite thing to do.
Ha. It's common for neighbours to think they need to engage in conversation when they see each other. Your neighbour thinks he will need to eat pizza when he sees you.
You sound like a nice bloke.
@OldBugger: lol I hope so. Just felt weird carrying a couple boxes of pizza and seeing him on the way back home he probably thought wow somebody is having a party.
I know if I saw a neighbour with a lot of pizza it would seem friendly if they said hi.. But then I just hope I didn't interrupt him in some way that's all
Anyways I try to live by the saying be the change you want to see in the world and so I hope he didn't think I was annoying or obstructing
Thanks for the nice reply by the way that was nice
Depends, I took a drive to one Neighbour when we moved in, and have met a few others on the road. OK, I live in a rural area, so cant simply 'pop over' next door. Mainly get introduced via the cows escaping and having to go out and round them up.
Hello !
It's me~
You're looking for?
Rhonda ? It's me Ketut
Our immediate neighbours we do speak with. Farther away, we rarely see due to our street shape.
A new couple moved in at the other end just before Xmas 2015. They wanted to meet their neighbours so sent out invitations for a street party. Hardly anyone showed up.
Up until 2 years ago, we had a santa's runway in this steeet on Xmas eve - every year since 20003 and well before that too. Except for the last couple of times, people would walk our 2 streets and chat to each other - some handing over Xmas cake and goodies. We had quite a few young families then.
Sadly, we now have quite a few rentals. I know there are many good tenants - we have a family next door - and our own tennan in the granny flat - who are great. However, most of the other renters IN THIS STREET are not very friendly.
Don't be harsh - this is an observation of THIS STREET.
When new neighbours move in, it is usually left to us to provide the meet and greet party- inviting the new neighbours and other neighbours close to us. Everyone is delighted to come, but never think to suggest the welcome party at their place. The feedback I get is that it is a lot of work to have people over. I like to look at it as enforced housework (otherwise I tend to leave it too long between house cleanups). I don't go to too much trouble either, just BYO drinks & I supply the nibbles. It starts everyone off on the right foot.
We had a neighbour at the back of us - very hard to see & talk to them as their house faces another street and there is a high fence between us. It was 6 months before we even knew that new residents moved in. We didn't go out of our way to get to know them. Turns out 10 years down the track, their backyard trees kept growing and started causing us some grief but they won't let us trim or maintain them in any way - even though they can't even see these trees from their house. I sometimes think that if we had made more effort to get to know them early on, then good neighbourly relations might have prevailed.
If any part of the trees are over hanging into your boundary you can cut what you like as far as I know. Trees over 5m in our council need approval to be cut down unless they are a noxious species like the camper laurel which we had in our yard.
Alternatively wait til they are holidays and get them chopped down and have the arborist say they were cut down due to storm damage (risky though)
Well normally in the past I have not. But now I do after living 5 years next door to this monster. We didn't know until after he died re his sordid history. https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/killers-secret-life-in-perth-…
Wow, sounds like she was asking to be divorced so she could get her share.
Not defending his actions but it seems she got more than she bargained for!
Definitely introduce myself. It's nice to know who is living next door or near by. It's good to keep an eye out on each other's house if either goes away. Makes a good sense of community too.
I'm Asian and I say hi to my neighbour !
Herro :D
I visited my neighbour her moved in next door. He was Viet and his wife barely spoke English.
Came and gave me his home brew wine the next day to say thank you and hello back.
Got his number and name. Even went over when his house alarm went off to make sure it's all good.
Well if you're rude to them right off the bat because they're asian, then there's really no reason for them to get to know you.
I see my neighbours so infrequently that every 3 years or so they introduce themselves again like I've just moved into the neighbourhood. :P
Old Croatian lady across the road made us plum dumplings the other day. We have a good neighbour. We give her dozen eggs every so often. Last time she came back with a cheese strudel.
Whilst we were renovating our house we had a small fence issue with one side, she didn't want to replace the fence. We did.
Got a little heated, asked her why she was being a stupid cow. 3 years later, that part of the fence is still old and crappy and we say hello and wave all the time, even her kids are real nice.
If the fence needs replacing they are obliged to pay 50% of a standard 6ft high pine lap and cap fence. You of course can build whatever type of fence you want but will have to cover the excess. This is what we recently did. Neighbour only paid $750, I wanted a bessem block wall that will never need replacing which quotes were around 5k + - but I did it myself with help from father in law so only paid for materials which were around 2.75k inc skip bin
I was at my friend's place awhile ago and we caught his direct neighbour in the lounge-room taking off with the TV.
What a grand way to say 'hello'!
He put the TV down then walked out the back and jumped over the fence like it was an everyday occurrence. We kept the back door locked all the time from then on.
So you guys saw and didn't do anything about that? Seriously?
This was about 17 years ago and he was in one of the dodgier neighbourhoods surrounded by Housing Trust houses. We suspected all sorts of things at the time.
My neighbour has big tits so yes introduced.
So is he a nice guy?
You mean nice bird ;) ;)
The titbird.
Wow, I can't believe more people actually DON'T say hello!?!
People need to grow some balls… and some old school manners.It's not hard to smile and say hello folks!
Even if its forced and fake, just do it.
Even if your motivation is purely selfish and you want to keep them sweet because you'll be making noise on the weekend, or you need to use their phone because you've locked yourself out. Just do it.Not doing it just causes awkwardness, and the longer you leave it the worse it gets. And then one day one of you decides that you'll make an effort and the other person just ignores you because that's what's been programed. And then more than just indifference settles in… there's negativity or even hate! Just do it! Smile, wave, and say "hi".
Two seconds of work… even my fat ass isn't that lazy!
Say "hello"? Yes, "introduce"? No. The question was "Do You Introduce Yourself to Your Neighbours"?
To some people that is the extent of them introducing..
"Hey" "Hey"
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"Ok bye" "bye"
That's not what I meant boys and girls.
It starts with a hello and acknowledgement of their existence, and grows from there.
But without that first two seconds you have nothing :).
For one neighbour who moved in we came over with a welcome cake and freaked her out. For months she thought we were weirdo Christians trying to get her to join our cult. But by being persistently friendly we ended up making friends with her - so when we did finally invite her to bible night she couldn't say no.
Haha, dont know if trolling but funny either way
Joking - not trolling :)
I rent. I have been in three different houses in three different suburbs over the past three years. One time I left because my landlord sold my house from under me after only a year. The next place I left because I couldn't earn enough money or find any people to share my house with me. This place I will leave because it is honestly the worst place I have ever lived in. It has barely any space, no air conditioning and is in a dangerous area. I only stayed because I was desperate, it was cheap enough and my wife was heavily pregnant when the lease came up for renewal.
If I ever manage to find a home of my own and build a connection to an area then I might try to put down some roots and introduce myself to the neighbours. Otherwise, what's the point?
Best of luck with that, I hope things settle down for you.. Moving is a pain for sure
I'm super introverted and never introduced myself when I was young but now I'm much older I do introduce myself to the neighbours.
I've never regretted meeting them regardless they were criminals, drug dealers, party animals, substance abusers, inconsiderate car space thieves. Its always benefited me to have a positive and respectful attitude with the neighbours.
My neighbours act as neigbourhood watch for me and I act as neighbourhood watch for them. When I show compassion and consideration to those people who are not used to receiving it I've found that they are way more tolerant of my own mistakes (eg. playing loud music late).
Yes just say HI that all
SAY G'DAY on Sunday 26th March 2017.Breaking down community barriers by getting to know the people next door and across the street.
Weird, awkward official commercial for 2011 is on YouTube
Here's this years more positive upbeat versionI hope they didn't intentionally set fire to those trees for the shot back in 2011 :\
IMO it's important to say hi and be aware of who your neighbours are. No need to be excessively friendly, but a wave and a Hi 'XYZ' to your immediate neighbours is beneficial to you in the long term. It shows you remember their name (respect) and serves you well down the track when you need someone to take the bins in, water the plants at the front, check the letterbox etc.
In terms of 'needing' to socialise with your neighbours, I don't feel this is necessary; but if intending on remaining in your residence for 6mths + I'd suggest you introduce yourself :)
nice just to say hi know who they are.
Whenever I try to say gday it always comes out as good day
Never but most of our neighbours kind of keep to themselves. I rarely see anyone speaking to anyone around here.
Whats the main demographic?
It's a mix. More retirees though, but also some families.
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I do just to say hi but all my neighbours have been prety normal and even though none really make the effort to do anything more than say hi i get to feel out if they are weird / dangerous.