21. Old Boston families were leaving for wealthy suburbs, and homes in Back Bay were left to transients and older people who no longer knew their neighbors. 22. People actually knew their neighbors and kept doors unlocked. 23. Philadelphia native Sandi Dunn is leaving Scottsdale, Ariz., after only a year, without ever getting to know her neighbors. 24. Part of the cycle of change, surely, is getting to know new neighbors. 25. The best protection is not dogs, but getting to know your neighbors and establishing block watches, Wallace added. 26. The estates and horse farms dotting the lush hills of Rancho Santa Fe are spaced so far apart that neighbors know neighbors only well enough to wave hello. 27. The houses have no porches in these suburbs and leash laws keep even the dogs from knowing their neighbors. 28. The Smithers said they knew their neighbors and they felt safe in their small town. 29. They know their neighbors better than they did. 30. They got to know their neighbors, too, even those on the streets. |