Getting to Know Your Neighbors: 3 Tips for Building Good Relationships
One of the factors involved in feeling truly comfortable in your community is the relationships that you’ve been able to establish with the locals in your neighborhood, but it can be hard to know how to nurture a good relationship. Whether you’re moving to a new home soon or are wondering how to make some nearby friends, here are some simple tips for ingratiating the ones that live closest to you.
Offer up Your Favorite Dish
It might seem like a bit of a risk, but one of the best ways to get to know your neighbors is to knock on their door and bring along your favorite treat as an offering. Whether it’s your famed banana bread or your best chocolate chip cookies, simply showing up on the doorstep with treats in hand will ensure your neighbors know that you want to get to know them, and they’ll likely be happy to return the favor down the road!
Throw A Little Party
If you don’t want to go through the trouble of taking treats over to all of your neighbors, you may want to consider throwing a party or backyard barbecue at your home for a more effective means of meeting everyone. It doesn’t have to be a special occasion. Keep it informal. By putting flyers on your neighbors doors, or announcing to your block on Next Door, you’ll easily interest other neighbors in your newfound presence on the block. As well, if you don’t want to go through all the planning of a big party, you can also make it a potluck style meal so everyone can share their own dish.
Join Next Door
Next Door is a private bulletin board website, that you can only join if you live in the particular neighborhood it serves. Once you move in, join Next Door to keep up with neighborhood events, crime, classified ads, curb alerts (don’t worry, you will figure curb alerts). Some of the posts might give you some ideas on friendships you might want to pursue.
Make A Habit Of Neighborhood Walks
It’s certainly the least complicated of all the other options, but short walks through your neighborhood may also engender the most success in getting to know more about your neighbors. If you have a pet or a child, these tend to be automatic conversation starters, but a simple smile or ‘hello’ will also do the trick in making your face familiar. It also means you’ll get to know people over time and will be able to build a solid relationship. We Midtowners love our porch sitting too. It’s a good way to meet and chat with folks walking by.
It can often be hard to know how to integrate into a new community, but a simple smile or knock on the door can mean a lot when it comes to building a friendship with your neighbors. My clients love the lifestyle and neighborhoods of Midtown and Downtown Memphis. Please contact me anytime for more information.
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