Neighbors

Potluck in the Lobby

Liz Neumark | Posted 01.10.2012 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Manhattan Real Estate, Neighbors, Neighborhoods, Slidepollajax, NY Real Estate, Slideadbigshot, New York News

The theme repeated over and over again, was the joy of being with people we all like and enjoy -- and right in our own 'backyard!' A virtual New York City extended family.

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The Neighbor Break-Up

Pamela Haag, Ph.D. | Posted 01.21.2012 | Culture

Read More: Relocation, New Economy, Divorce, Children, Neighborhoods, Mobility, Geographic Mobility, Richard Florida, Neighbors, Childhood, Real Estate, Recession, Neighborly Relations, Culture News

I just learned that our neighbors are moving, to another state. In the most tangible, quotidian ways, we've woven a social fabric together, for our children, especially, and now it's partially torn.

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Man Asks Neighbor If He Can Leave A Body In The Trash

Posted 11.09.2011 | Crime

Read More: Murder, Tacoma, Video, Body in Garbage, Neighbor Puts Body in Trash, Body in Dumpster, Dumb Criminals, Neighbor Puts Body in Garbage, Neighbors, Washington Crime, Crime News

It's hard to turn down a neighbor who asks to borrow some sugar, but when the person next door wants help covering up a crime, it's time to install a ...

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Not Such Neighborly Love

Jane Buckingham | Posted 09.20.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: White Pages, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Neighbors, Neighborhoods, Los Angeles News

What happened to getting to know our neighbors? What happened to riding around on bicycles, throwing block parties and selling lemonade?

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Neighbor Enables Aging Parents to Stay at Home

Leann Reynolds | Posted 09.19.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Elderly, Neighbor, Caregiving, Elder Care, Neighbors, Family Caregiver, Caregivers, Healthy Living Health News, Consciousness, Healthy Living News

Neighbors can fill the gap when it is too much for one person to juggle a full-time job, solid relationships with a spouse and children and the needs of aging and ill parents.

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Can Your Neighbors Make You Happier?

Peter Block | Posted 08.25.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Community, Neighborhood Happiness, Neighborhood Happy, Neighbors, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

The way to a good life is not through consumption. It is, instead, a path we make by walking it with those who surround us.

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Urban Chicken-Keeping and Staying on the Neighbors' Good Side

Megan Paska | Posted 06.12.2011 | Green

Read More: Urban Homesteading, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Backyard Chickens, Urban Farming, Neighbors, Compost, Urban-Chicken-Coops, Living in Brooklyn, Backyard Farming, Brooklyn Farms, Brooklyn Farming, Brooklyn Chickens, Green News

I accepted a long time ago that I am likely a homeowners worst nightmare.

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Do You Miss Manners During An Etiquette-Challenged Winter?

Dave Astor | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Snow Blower, Rudeness, Snow, Winter, Etiquette, Laziness, Neighbors, Snowstorm, Manners, Snow Plows, Winter Issues, Culture, Healthy Living News

The second half of this winter has been less snowy than the first half, but it's hard to forget various breaches of etiquette during the flake-filled time prior to early February. Yes, it was a case of "Residents Gone Bad."

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Finding Neighbors

Alicia Anstead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Harvard, Lynn Nottage, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Neighbors, African American, Princeton, Lydia Diamond, A Streetcar Named Desire, Boston, Company One, Shawn LaCount, Stick Fly, Huntington Theatre Company, Race, Paul Gilroy, Ruined, Pulitzer Prize, Martha's Vineyard, Arts News

"Neighbors" has given rise to countless confusing discussions about race and about art. The play isn't necessarily great art, but it does tap into something raw.

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How do I make friends in the middle of nowhere?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

For many of us, workplaces have supplanted the roles once played by neighborhoods QUESTION Dear Irene, I just found your site while looking for a ...

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One's Man's Hubris Is Another Man's Flood

Tina Traster | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Watchdog, Neighbors, Mcmansions, Development, Old Shacks, Suburbia, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

I know. No one likes a snitch. But I've learned other people's mistakes are costly.

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Americans Have More Friends, and Not Just on Facebook

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Barry Wellman, Faux Friends, Friends, Sociological Analyses, Close Friends, Economic Disparity, Income, Emotional Sharing, Television, Relatives, Social Connections, Social Networks, Media Panic, Surveys, Robert Putnam, Claude Fischer, Neighbors, Internet Use, Nostalgia, Self-Disclosure, Confidants, Myths, Loneliness, USA Today, Education, Social Ties, Social History, Internet, Social Isolation, New York Times, Facebook Friends, Bowling Alone, Miller McPherson, Healthy Living News

Remember the media panic from the summer of 2006 about lonely and isolated Americans? The publication of a sociological study had unleashed a cascade...

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Knowing Your Neighbors Is Good for the Economy

Micki Krimmel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Green Living, Neighbors, Economy, Local, Los Angeles News

The sad side effect of our convenience culture is that we spend less time with family and friends. We have lost the sense of "community" with the people around us.

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Sarah Palin, a Hell of a Neighbor? (VIDEO)

Doug Molitor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Joe McGinniss, Neighbors, Sarah Palin, Comedy News

The foe of everything you hold dear, of education, of the Constitution, of democracy itself, lives close enough to snap candid photos of you unawares. If it were me, I'd move.

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'In The Neighborhood': After Sleeping At My Neighbor's House, He Became Family (PHOTOS)

Peter Lovenheim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Community, Neighborhoods, Slideshow, In the Neighborhood, Books, Sleepovers, Neighbors, Marriage, Heart Disease, Books News

That first sleepover was a revelation to me. The intimacy of our conversation and the closeness I came to feel with Lou exceeded my expectations--and I think his, too.

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'Relationship' Is a Very Big Word

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Progressives, Matrimania, Scholarship, Meanings, Mentors, Friendships, Singlism, Children's Friendships, Sexual Relationships, Neighbors, Conducive Chronicle, Love, Blogging, Conferences, Family, Couples, Spouse, Romantic Relationships, Coworkers, Research, Solutions-Oriented, Best Friends, Compassionate, Journals, Myths, Asian Culture, Parent-Child Relationships, Education Level, Sex, Party, Siblings, Living Single, Relationships, Healthy Living News

There's something troubling about the use of the word "relationship" that excludes all relationships but romantic ones. All other adult relationships aren't just excluded in the wording; they're absent from the studies.

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'In The Neighborhood': Sleepover At The Neighbors' (PHOTOS)

Peter Lovenheim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Authors, Murder, Rochester, Neighborhoods, Books, Sleepovers, Community, Slideshow, Neighbors, In the Neighborhood, Airlines, Books News

Why is it that in an age of discount airlines, unlimited cell phone minutes, and the Internet, when we can create community anywhere, we often don't know the people who live next door?

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Godzilla Is My Upstairs Neighbor: New York During the Recession

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Godzilla, Noise Complaint, New York City Apartments, New York City Housing Code, Neighbors, Madonna, New York City, Noise, New York News

I've lived in a studio apartment on the second floor of a Manhattan brownstone for six years. The first four and a half were wonderful: I loved my nei...

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Thy Neighbor's Ass

Alfred Gingold | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: New York, Neighbors, Neighborhoods, Brooklyn, New York News

This is Brooklyn, where the weirdos are more than part of the passing parade; they live here.

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New York Neighbors Are Wonderful! (or Never Install An Air Conditioner in the Middle of the Night)

Pamela Newton | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Air Conditioners, Bruce Willis, Park Slope, Air Conditioning, New-York-Temperature, Helping Others, New York Apartments, Neighbors, New Yorkers, Healthy Living News

This little tale is a warning about improperly installed air conditioners, midnight flights of fancy, and heat-induced imbecility but most of all, it's about kind and helpful New Yorkers.

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From Helping Vietnam Veterans to Helping My Neighbors

Kim Callahan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Spring Cleaning, Economic Downturn, Charity, Neighborhoods, Service, Economic Crisis, Neighbors, Healthy Living News

Times are tough, every day we hear how businesses, government agencies, and charities are struggling, but so are some of your neighbors.

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Trading Backyard Bounty: Foraging For Fruit Gains Popularity

nytimes.com | Kim Severson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Sharing, Independent Farmers, Organic Gardening, Fruit, Sustainable Agriculture, Organic Produce, Neighbors, Gardening, Giving, Fallen Fruit, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News

It was just another day of urban fruit foraging for Ms. Wadud, one of a growing number of people who looked around their cities, saw trees full of fru...

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Does A Recession Make Us Less Compassionate?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Kindness, Inner Life, Compassion, Living, Caring, The Inner Life, Neighbors, Tea, Healthy Living News

When we have money we tend to build a bigger house and then we have to put a fence around it to keep people out, and then we have to become wary of an...

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Are You Surrounded With Authentic Communities? Explore 7 Possibilities

Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Loneliness, God, Friends, Charity, Social Connection, Featured Contributor, Partners, Co-Workers, Community, Neighbors, Possibilian, Happiness, Family, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Welcome. I am so glad you joined us. Please, settle in and get cozy. I want to talk about 'community,' something the Living Section is becoming very ...

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