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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm very fortunate to live in a neighborhood where we greet the newcomers, some get to know them better than others but it is overall a very welcoming area. Sometimes when I'm walking up Kiley to the country club, random folks will stop their golf cart and ask if I want to hitch a ride up. I turn them down only because walking up the hill is good exercise and I enjoy the experience for its own sake. I'm usually listening to music in my hearing aids (they stream to my music app on my phone), and that puts some pep in my step. Other folks sitting in their open garage or carport will wave, and say hello to me as I'm walking. Sometimes someone will say something other than hello and I'll have to walk closer and turn my music off to ask what they said, and it turns into a lovely conversation.

We don't even necessarily introduce ourselves. We're just people who live in the same community, enjoying each others' existence.

Sounds heavenly.