It is a topic that seems to pop up from time to time. Attitudes toward renters, snowbirds, lifestyle people, etc. The best answer, one already mentioned, is that "it depends".
Depends on a lot of things. Where people come from seems to make a difference; people seem to be more or less open depending on where they come from. But for us, it depends more on commonality of values and interests than on anything else. We've made friends with renters who were gone in a month and who may or may not be coming back (but we still maintain contact). Conversely we have neighbors to whom we scarcely even have interaction beyond a superficial "hello".
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