"When neighbors start talking, good things happen"

Here in New York City we usually have too many neighbors to bother getting to know or communicate with anyone. Sure, there are a few neighborhood or block associations, but they're usually pretty insular. Nobody we know uses sites like Nextdoor to communicate. It's usually a quick “How ya doin?” or, when something messed up is happening, a quick complaining session on the sidewalk. This does not seem to be the case in the suburbs. We've come to this conclusion thanks to Best of Nextdoor Twitter…

Unless you spend your entire life on a farm in the middle of nowhere, it's likely you will have to deal with neighbor drama at some point. Whether it's the family upstairs who apparently wear concrete shoes or that dude who keeps parking in front of your driveway, people are often at their worst when they're close to home. Technology has tried to find a solution in the form of the neighborhood app ; in theory, they allow us to sort our petty disputes and maybe even create a sense community alon…

Nobody wants that pooping in their yard.