This September in celebration of neighbor month, we set out to turn strangers into neighbors, with the #BigNeighborhoodMeetUp. Sure enough neighbors turned out and met up: from community picnics and BBQs to concerts under the stars to all manner of shindigs big and small. Neighbors took to the streets and backyards and local restaurants to get together, and proved once again when neighbors come together the world becomes a kinder better place. Visit https://BigNeighborhoodMeetUp.com to learn mor

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For five years, our next-door neighbor Dorothy kept showing up with expired casseroles and telling the whole block we were “too broke to turn down help.” I stayed courteous—until the day she tried to publicly shame my wife and me with an official complaint, and someone knocked on our door asking questions she never expected. Dorothy arrived on our quiet cul-de-sac like she’d been appointed to run it. Within days, she knew everyone’s names, routines, and business. I work from home as a graphic de