Our Block Party Wasn’t as Bad as I Feared
Californians Are Understandably Wary of Their Neighbors, but There’s Value in Getting to Know Them
Is it still worth getting to know your neighbors?
I found myself wondering that on a recent Saturday afternoon as I contemplated attending a block party in my San Gabriel Valley neighborhood. It would be the first such party on our street since we bought a home there in 2011. I had had nothing to do with preparations—I’d been traveling a lot—and I wasn’t looking forward to it.
We’d been happily living there for eight years, and hadn’t had any problems with neighbors, even though we didn’t know them particularly well. …
