The street address?
I’m normal /s
It is so brave of you to share your struggle with that horrible affliction with us here.
I’m weird. No sacaram intended.
Language skills. I suck at the local language. The rest of them are native speakers.
I live in my house, they live in theirs.
Maybe you should try living in theirs
I’m a foreigner. Most aren’t. I work from home. Most don’t. I drink kava everyday. I doubt anybody else does.
I don’t own a car
They’re conservative Christians and I’m a socialist atheist 🤷♂️
My neighbors come in two main flavors: they’re all either devoutly religious or think the moon is hollow. I’m just a regular atheist, guys, stop freaking out about fake shit!
Age. I live in a beach community and most my neighbors are all retirees.
What a strange question to ask
Can I ask what brought this about?
If I never eat another plantain or yuka again I’m ok with that.
Most are retired or have young kids. I am mid-career with no kids.
There are a lot of 1st - 3rd generation Indian and Pakistani Americans in the neighborhood. They are good at cricket and I am not, though that doesn’t stop me from joining in the occasional pickup game.
I go running in boring sweats and tees. I haven’t invested in “athleisure” leggings and whatnot; I don’t think I standout as a particularly fit or fashionable person. Neighbors frequently comment on how much exercising I seem to do. Which once they pointed it out, I don’t ever notice any of my neighbors exercising outdoors like I do. Unsure if they exercise indoors, at some gym somewhere, or just don’t at all.
or just don’t at all
I would wager it’s this one. I found that folks who noticed my activity levels tended not to be active themselves so it stood out to them.
I think we’re the only middle aged couple with no kids on this street and adjacent ones. Every couple I’ve seen even remotely near our age when we walk our dog either has children or a pram.
Did try to make friends with some new neighbours a while back that were roughly our age. Very friendly first chat, they were both enthusiastic about greeting us - they approached us first.
The first thing they asked was whether we had children, when we said no they were visibly disappointed and seemed to lack interest in furthering the conversation.
I ride a bike as my primary form of transit.
Nobody is ever outside, unless they are mowing their lawn. Even when its nice out
