{"id":5081,"date":"2010-08-13T08:18:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T12:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2010-08-13T08:18:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T12:18:52","slug":"how-many-neighbors-do-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/13\/how-many-neighbors-do-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Neighbors Do You Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rick Green<\/a> posted a link to this nifty little study<\/a> recently released by the Pew Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those of you that don’t want to read the study, the gist of it was that only 43% of American adults know “all” or “most” of their neighbors by name. Twenty nine percent know “some” of their neighbors and surprisingly (to me) 28% claimed they knew “none” of their neighbors.<\/p>\n

Really, how is it possible that more than a quarter of the adult population in this country doesn’t know the name of at least one of their neighbors?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at this pictorially, shall we? Let’s say you live in the neighborhood pictured below. And let’s say that you need to provide at least the first name of one of the people in the 11 homes nearest to you. Can you do it? How many of your 11 closest neighbors can you name?<\/p>\n


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I understand that not all of us live in walkable neighborhoods with sidewalks and .25 acre lots- which realistically makes it a lot easier to know the names of our neighbors. But come on. Even if you live on a farm in the middle of nowhere, wouldn’t you know the name of your nearest neighbor? Simply because there might be an emergency. For example:<\/p>\n

Erma:<\/strong> Hi Mildred, it’s Erma. Fred fell off the tractor again and it looks like he broke his leg. Can you come over and watch the kids while I take him to the county hospital?<\/p>\n

Mildred:<\/strong> Sure Erma, I’ll be right over, just need to fire up the tractor…<\/p>\n

See? Even people that live in the boonies need to know their neighbors and interact with them from time to time. [NOTE:<\/strong> Kyle and I both grew up in the boonies and we knew the names of our neighbors, so we are allowed to poke fun.]<\/p>\n

So, my take on this survey? If you know the names of your neighbors, great! Maybe make an additional effort to go out and learn more. And if you know the names of none of your neighbors? Stop being such a recluse and, unless you’re agoraphobic<\/a>, go out and learn your neighbors’ names. They don’t need to know your business, just your name. Because you never know when they could help you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rick Green posted a link to this nifty little study recently released by the Pew Research Center. For those of you that don’t want to read the study, the gist of it was that only 43% of American adults know “all” or “most” of their neighbors by name. Twenty nine percent know “some” of their neighbors and surprisingly (to me) 28% claimed they knew “none” of their neighbors. Really, how is it possible that more<\/p>\n

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