I've found that regardless of the neighborhood, your neighbors will be friendly and you will make friends, if you are friendly. In an established area, you will usually have to be the one to make the effort -- have a neighborhood party, say hi when you see a neighbor, gush over their dog (works like a charm). In a new neighborhood, you're all new and, thus, you'll gravitate to each other.
A new neighborhood will have lots of activities from pool parties to driveway get-togethers to neighborhood garage sales. However, as people get into their activities, the neighborhood events frequently fall to the wayside because you start making friends with people who enjoy the same things you do. Sometimes this includes your neighbors, most of the time it doesn't. So, the reality is it only matters the first few months.
As was said, we're all transplants here. We're naturally more open to making new friends.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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