But the truth is that District denizens are pretty well pleased with their neighbors. Her new neighbors, she said, are considerate and “smile when you say hello.”“In every neighborhood I’ve lived in in Washington, people have been pretty friendly,” Pandher said. The Post poll asking about neighborhood friendliness was conducted by telephone Nov. 12-17 among a random sample of 905 adult residents of the District. And D.C. homeowners are more likely to rate their neighbors’ friendliness as positive (89 percent) than those who rent (76 percent). Many neighbors have come and gone since then, but “people say hi to you here whether they know you or not,” Kennedy said.

Source: Washington Post December 21, 2019 22:34 UTC