Neighbors and the role they play in our lives.

## Hello, everyone. I welcome you to my blog and another wonderful edition of the Hive Learners featured post. The world is changing with each passing day. I remember the days when we were growing up in a completely different neighborhood setting compared to what we have today. In those days we had neighborhoods where neighbors got to know each other; the moment you moved in as a new neighbor, the neighbors around came to introduce themselves and welcome you to their neighborhood while you even gave them drinks and tried to show appreciation for that.  [Source](https://unsplash.com/photos/man-wearing-black-cap-with-love-your-neighbour-print-during-daytime-Ds0ZIA5gzc4) We used to have a neighborhood where kids came together and played, making the neighborhood very lively and one that felt very strange when you found it to be very quiet. Today all we have are neighborhoods where neighbors barricade themselves with very high fences and metallic gates such that you can live for months without even getting to know what the person who lives on the other side of the fence looks like. We now have neighborhoods where neighbors pass each other without even knowing they actually live next to each other. The neighborhood where kids had fun growing up is no more. As their parents don't even associate with each other, how will their kids then associate? The days where neighborhoods were fun both for kids and adults are now a thing of the past. In those days, neighbors looked out for each other and could comfortably leave their child in the custody of a neighbor. In those days, I remember my parents traveling and having neighbors look after us (my siblings and me), and they would be at peace because they knew we were in safe and capable hands. It's no longer so, as neighbors don't even know each other, and no one trusts who they don't know, nor will anyone want to entrust a valuable to a person they don't know. Sometimes I don't blame neighbors who like to stay on their own, as there are people who, the moment you open your door to them, they will start making you see reasons why you shouldn't have or force you to regret ever opening your door to a neighbor. The neighborhood I live in currently is the type I like; every neighbor stays in their own lane and tries not to cross their boundaries, and inasmuch as everyone stays within their boundaries, we still try to offer each other the assistance we need whenever the need to do so arises. A neighbor went to work, and it started raining, and since he had clothes hanging on the wire outside, he rushed to call me to take them in and keep them in my room until he was back from work, and I did just that. There are many other cases where we offered great help to each other.  [Source](https://unsplash.com/photos/a-red-door-and-a-blue-door-on-a-white-building-112gldbOOmI) I am the type of neighbor I would like to have. I am always minding my business and trying not to involve myself in things that don't concern me. I only involve myself if I am supposed to be involved. I also keep everywhere clean, unlike the neighbors downstairs that are always quarreling with each other and even the caretaker because of how they mess the corridor up and how they keep their dustbins. If I have neighbors like myself, then we will never have a reason to quarrel or raise our voices at each other.