I had super nice neighbors where I lived before. I even had a misses Krawitz... you know, the neighbor on Bewitched! She knew everything that happened in the neighborhood, and kept excellent watch. Your house was always safe! My cross the street neighbors texted me, and told me, to come by before shopping for my new house. I could have anything back that ended up at their house. Really fine folks. I will miss them as neighbors.

Best neighbors we had were in Santa Fe, more than 15 years ago. They were of the age of my children, yet we all didn't feel that generational divide. One time the mom was home and saw our dog Susie getting into a situation. The dog had cornered a small skunk that had dug into our yard. LeeAnn called me at work to let me know about it, I suggest turning the hose on both of them, but she frantically told me that they were on the far corner of the lot. Oh well, something to do when I got home.

The day that we listed our house for sale, we went next door with a bottle of wine (our usual get together was drinking wine). When she saw us at the front door, she gave us a strange look. Then, "Oh no, you're selling your house!" We had not mentioned that to anyone, she was perceptive.

I have very nice next door neighbors. Once he came and plowed our driveway of snow. She will bring us baked goods and has given us persimmon pulp and offered to help us any way she can. When I had chickens, she offered to come and gather the eggs in the winter. I told her she could keep the eggs. I also gave her eggs at other times and we still give her eggs from Amber's hens. She also enjoyed my chickens and liked having them come over into her yard. I have given her things from my garden also. Yes, I have very nice neighbors.

Sue

My neighbor has a good neighbor. My dear husband. My neighbor is 90 yrs old and has trouble walking sometimes. He still drives. Every other Thursday he'll drive down his driveway to set his garbage can out. My sweet husband cuts his grass, brings his garbage can back up (he has a long driveway), gives him our daily paper after he reads it. And yes, our neighbor really appreciates it. I'm just hoping that when he passes, we have someone move in that is just as friendly. Only that will be the time DH quits cutting the grass. One day my neighbor tried to get on his tractor to cut his grass but he ended up stuck. Luckily my DH saw him and flew up to help.

I have good neighbours also. I live in the house I grew up in so I have seen some wonderful neighbours come and go and some long time neighbours who are still here and just a few who are originals like i am. Even my nasty neighbour who built on the lot next door in 2001 has turned around and become friendly. Whenever i sit on the porch neighours walking down the street stop over for a chat. Neighbour Ken and Freda are the most kind people I have ever met, I worked part time for Ken who was a painter, decorator in his home office. After my Mom passed away he came in with his crew and painted and plastered my house, he wanted it to be a calming place so painted my living room and bedroom a Happy Blue and his wife decorated it. Ray across the street after seeing me fighting with trying to start my lawn mower now mows my front lawn when he does his. He won't take anything from me even when I try to give him gas gift cards but I make sure I go out and thank him after he finishes cutting the grass. He was also an electrician for one of the auto companies and when I was gifted a new kitchen after my mom died he came in and did some new wiring. Just a few months ago another neighbour stopped by to chat. i hadn't sat outside for a long time because after my dog died I found it too hard to sit out there without him but I bought a new big red chair so out I went. LOL so many neighbours stopped by. Donna from down the street stopped by with her new dog. We got to chatting about spiders and I showed her the huge web that went between the ugly shrub (that I could not trim any longer because the limbs had gotten too thick) and the porch She asked me if I wanted to remove the bush and I said I had planned on doing that one day. She said she would come over in a few days to do it. I tried to discourage her because i knew I could not pay her to do it. She showed up 2 days later in the morning. Because of my back I wasn't much help getting the bush out but I cut up all the branches and bagged them. This was an all day event. The next day she was over early to trim the other bush and my neighbour next door told her how I had paid for some guys to clean my yard in the back 2 years before and they left it a mess and didn't finish. Next thing i know she is in the back yard cleaning up the mess these guys left, taking out a few bushes and the wild grape vines off the fence. Another full days work and again I could only help by bagging up the stuff because of my back. I think we had over 43 lawn bags filled and a few bins. We had planned to put all the stuff out front on lawn recycling day 2 weeks later so she covered everything with tarps. A few days later a van shows up and she and another neighbour I had never met whose van it was piled all the bags into the back of the van and took them off to the dump! I noticed Donna liked my loppers which were sharper than hers so I went out and bought her some, replaced her bags we used, bought her a gift card to Costco since they just joined and I still plan to take her and her husband out for dinner for all of her hard work. It was the least I could do. It is funny while we were doing the work out back the other neighbour who was having a Christening do came over and brought us over 2 huge plates of food and then came again with cake.

A few years ago a roofer was with his workers putting a new roof on next door. I mentioned to him I had a new crack in my kitchen ceiling and was wondering if I needed a new roof. He went up to check and found what he thought might have been causing the crack so put a new seal over the air vent pipe but first jokingly asked my neighbour if I was a good neighbour. She said I was and how I bring food over for her. So up he went and didn't charge me for the quick fix. I had a broken window in my attic that needed replacing so he said he would come over during the week to look at it and give me an estimate. Well he came to check it out and measure the window and said his worker would be over in a few days. He left without giving me an estimate. The worker came and brought a beautiful new window and screen and installed it. I originally said I would buy the cheaper window that did not open. I never received a bill for that window despite calling the roofer and leaving messages and that was 3 years ago. I don't know if my neighbour paid for it or if the roofer just gifted it to me.

I think to have a good neighbour you also have to be a good neighbour. I watch their houses when they are away, I have looked after their animals and children, I have done grocery shopping, looked after their elderly parent, I bring meals to one neighbour quite often, I share desserts I make. I wave when I go by if they are out or stop and chat. So many people now a day sit in their back yards and don't see their neighbours or even talk to them. Jasdip I like that your neighbour does that for your cat. When Loki was still alive another neighbour would always bring Loki over a biscuit whenever Loki was out front. Loki would wait for Dan to come home from work.

We have had several good neighbors over the years. We have lived across the street from our current neighbor for 32 years. She was a realtor and very busy. Her husband died of cancer and we then befriended her. I bring her food and also invite her to come eat with us. We have taken care of each others pets when we had to be away.

Now that we travel a lot she takes care of our mail and also watches to be sure no one bothers our house. I don't know what we will do when so no longer is able to live by herself, she is 83 years old. What a wonderful friend and neighbor she has been.

Oh, she also would babysit Bobby on the few occasions that we needed to go out. She treats him like he is her grandson.

I too,have a great neighbor.

She is 83 and lives alone-has a son nearby,but he doesn't seem to come around as often as he can/should.

Her son has chickens,so now we receive our eggs from them,weekly.

My husband cuts her lawn,carries in her groceries,that sort of thing.

She'll come over for a visit at least once a week,and has come to ädore"my husband and myself.

Evidently,before we moved in,the ppl here previously were nasty,bad actors-that poor soul was terrified on a daily basis-she was so relieved when we came here and started going over occasionally,moreso to check up on her.

The good thing here,is that all sides of us,across and around are seniors-great security!!

I can't tell you how many times I've called my neighbor to check on my house and make sure I didn't leave a gas burner on or some little appliance still plugged in after I finished using it!

Dad told a story about a grocer in a village where there was a house for sale.

When a couple considering buying it came in to ask what the neighbours were like, the grocer asked them how they'd been in the place were they lived and on hearing that they were rather a surly lot, who kept to themselves and weren't friendly, that they'd had some trouble with a couple of them, he advised them that the folks around that house were quite a bit like that, as well.

The teller of the story said that when a second couple came to ask about what the neighbours were like and the grocer asked then the same question, to be told that they'd had great neighbours, where they did things to help one another and shared food, did babysitting, etc. and the grocer reported that the folks living near the house that was for sale were a lot like that, as well.

The teller of the story said that he asked the grocer what was going on, that he'd given such a different response to the two different couples, the grocer asked whether he'd heard the story that the two couples had given, how one had had such lousy neighbours and the other so great ones ... and that quite often the relationship that gets developed with neighbours over the years depends very largely on the type of person that we are, ourselves.

ole joyful

I hope that's not true oj! I have a neighbor that puts their cat outside. Declawed. Even in below freezing temps. I have a hard time cultivating a relationship with them. I've tried. They're ok in other ways, but I have a hard time swallowing that treatment, and I find them somewhat lousy

;)

Most of my neighbors are pretty doggone nice! We certainly bonded the day all of our cars and homes were vandalized, each waiting our turn with the police, and making sure everyone got to talk to the detective. There are other things, but that one stands out a bit.

Rob We certainly bonded the day all of our cars and homes were vandalized,

are you talking about your home that you live in now, that you recently bought?

Hi Rob,

Well ... there are exceptions.

But the general rule may still mostly apply.

Good wishes for keeping your claws out of the neighbour who treats his cat so poorly.

o j