Fantasies About the Neighbors (But not that kind. Mostly.): A poll

[rsadelle]

I don't know very many of my neighbors. I can recognize a few people on sight, but in terms of people whose names I know, the list is pretty short. A young family who are friends of a friend lives on the other side of the complex, a friend of my mom's lives near the tennis courts, and the woman who lived two doors down introduced herself to me once and we waved when passing each other in the parking lot. She moved out this week. Every time someone nearby moves out, I fantasize about who the new people moving in will be. Sometimes it's the love of my life who I meet because I'm baking cookies or listening to interesting music when she wanders by my apartment one day. Sometimes it's a celebrity living incognito in a town that's small but not too small. Sometimes it's someone I used to know who's just moving in with his boyfriend.

[Poll #1298768]

Comments

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Because of where I live, and the average age difference, I don't fantasize about prospective neighbors. Prospective new colleagues at work, on the other hand (in different departments, of course, so it doesn't get awkward if things end badly)...

[rsadelle]

You never know. You could get some nontraditional (read: older) students as neighbors.

[dedalvs.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I don't know if "fantasize" is the right word. I often hope that my new neighbors are neither noisy nor criminals, and that I never see them. If they meet those criteria, I'm pretty happy.

[rsadelle]

Those seem like low standards, but knowing a bit about your last place, I can see how you would be happy with just those.