sf wrote:


> The secret to being a good neighbor (I learned this during my
> apartment days) is to invite the neighbors to your parties. That way
> they've been warned and they have the option to attend or leave for
> the evening. That strategy works beautifully and nobody has ever
> complained.

Sometimes that is a good rule of thumb, but it might depend on who your
neighbours are. I have really nice neighbours around me now but when I
first moved here we had a farmer on one side of us who was a miserable
SOB that he had several lawsuits going with other neighbours, and no one
would come if he were here. He probably would have scoffed at an
invitation anyway. Then there is the widow two doors down would
considers anyone who has even one drink to be an alcoholic. When the
miserable farmer moved out the property was bought by a family of Dutch
people, the fundamentalist christian type who don't associate with
people outside of their church. Now we have great neighbours and
everyone socializes together.