[kimba01]

Originally Posted by tbill618

Does Vegas or Henderson have block parties? Do kids play in the streets? A strange question, I know. I am from Chicago and we have a close knit neighborhood. People look out for your kids, will help you if you ask, etc. In the summer, for one day the street is blocked off and we have games and a big potluck dinner. I have a friend who lived in a suburb of San Jose and he said the kids barely knew their neighbors. His next door neighbor had a pool and never once invited them over. His son played baseball with a kid who lived three doors down but did not know him before the baseball league started. Pick up games did not happen. Everyone lived in their own world.

I want to live in an area that has that type of atmosphere and I know that people tout Henderson and Summerlin for being family friendly but are they more like San Jose, CA or like Chicago?

Sounds like you have a great neighborhood for you! I would rethink the whole move as you will most likely be constantly wishing for what you had no matter what. Happens all the time. I am sure that Las Vegans CONSTANTLY hear, "well, back in ..." I know it is the nature of a transient town and comparisons to where you lived are normal human nature, but it's the ones who were pretty happy with what they had who will drone on about "back home".

Think twice, if you are happy as nothing no where will compare.

Good luck!

[NLVgal]

Kimba is correct. The Vegas valley is no place for you if you are looking for Chicago-style neighborhoods. There are exceptions, of course, but I think most of them are in older areas. As for myself, I've lived across the street from the same guy for ten years.

I don't know his name.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by NLVgal

Kimba is correct. The Vegas valley is no place for you if you are looking for Chicago-style neighborhoods. There are exceptions, of course, but I think most of them are in older areas. As for myself, I've lived across the street from the same guy for ten years.

I don't know his name.

Thank you for sharing this. I'm getting a little tired of people who have managed to find one of the very few communities that has SOME sort of sense of "neighborhood spirit" -- and then insist that all of Las Vegas is one big friendly collection of suburban communities.

My mother in law has several neighbors she has never met because they don't open their door. My aunt has several neighbors she has never met because they don't open their door. We have several neighbors we have never met because they don't open their door. I come from an area of the country where big neighborhood block parties are a monthly thing. Not here. Not in my experience. Not in my mother in law's. And not in my aunt's.

The people in this town are aloof.

[NLVgal]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

The people in this town are aloof.

Aloof is one word. Cautious, private, suspicious, are others. I consider myself friendly enough,- no that's not true. I don't have any interest in having a relationship with my neighbors outside of watching out for their interests. ( Strange cars, your mail got delivered to my place, etc.)

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by NLVgal

Aloof is one word. Cautious, private, suspicious, are others. I consider myself friendly enough,- no that's not true. I don't have any interest in having a relationship with my neighbors outside of watching out for their interests. ( Strange cars, your mail got delivered to my place, etc.)

This is me exactly.

[kimba01]

I'm on the fence about this whole thing. When my kids were young, I wanted a more involved neighborhood. That came with a price. Gossip, people visiting whenever, couldn't go outside without having to engage in a conversation, nosy people...but, for the most part I liked that I knew my neighbors. I knew that my children could go to any of them for help and get it.

Now that they are older, I don't really care and sometimes I find it a pain. I do like to meet them and in Las Vegas the neighbors that I have spoken to are nice. Both sides of us. I wave to a few others but mostly I see them drive in and shut the garage door promptly behind them. Since most homes seem to have the family area in the back of the house you don't even know if anyone is there at all. HOA says we have to close the garage doors. Here in MI, ours are open all day if we are home. Most are.

Now...if I could guarantee that all my neighbors would be as cool as I am, then I would definitely want to have socials with them!!!

[NLVgal]

Originally Posted by kimba01

I'm on the fence about this whole thing. When my kids were young, I wanted a more involved neighborhood. That came with a price. Gossip, people visiting whenever, couldn't go outside without having to engage in a conversation, nosy people..

Now...if I could guarantee that all my neighbors would be as cool as I am, then I would definitely want to have socials with them!!!

The gossip and nosy people are what I would like to avoid. I've also read about people having longstanding feuds with neighbors. I want nothing to do with that.

Now, if my neighbors were as cool as Kimba, I might feel differently..

[kimba01]

Originally Posted by NLVgal

The gossip and nosy people are what I would like to avoid. I've also read about people having longstanding feuds with neighbors. I want nothing to do with that.

Now, if my nei ghbors were as cool as Kimba, I might feel differently..

Right?