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Originally Posted by Jazuela
Have you introduced yourself to your immediate neighbors yet? How about the folks who live in the houses right behind yours? If you live in a courtyard villa this will obviously be harder to do, but I doubt it'd be impossible. You'd just need to give it a little more time, and make sure you spend some time out front every day so they can see you making the effort.
I had no problem meeting my neighbors the very first day I got to the house after we closed on the property. I went out on the front lanai, and the next door neighbor came right over to find out who this stranger was at the house.
Introduced ourselves, and then the neighbor insisted on introducing me to the other nearest neighbors. So now we're all on a first-name basis, and I've even been invited to be part of a neighborhood womens' luncheon group.
I've found all my neighbors are pretty terrific.
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Actually in a courtyard villa neighborhood it is very easy - at least in our CYV neighborhood! The first day we moved in I was interrupted at least half a dozen times while trying to get everything out of the car for introductions and welcome talk. There are always people out walking themselves and their dogs as traffic is almost nil and only local. We know each others names and the names of their dogs. We have a monthly get together, usually with a pot luck dinner, and weekly men's and women's golf outings. We also have our own website which has all the news of the neighborhood and any coming events. Our neighborhood may be the exception, but if it is, you should take the bull by the horns to see if you can make yours as friendly as ours.