Meet Your Neighbor

It could take less than five minutes. Here’s a step-by-step guide:

• Get off of the couch.
• Make sure you’re dressed.
• Open the door.
• Walk next door (right or left – it doesn’t matter).
• Ring doorbell (or knock).
• When door opens, introduce yourself and use customary greeting of the country in which you live.
• Begin conversation.
• Find common points of interest.
• Use traditional conversational conclusion.
• Walk back to your house.

Meeting your neighbor enhances the feel of community, deters crime, and heightens a sense of ownership. In other words, being a better neighbor makes for a better neighborhood.