Google has a sweet John Lennon logo too.

Might have to head out there for Halloween this year and see all their Harry Potter themed houses.

I was thinking of doing that myself. Too bad the new movie is not out yet; they'll still be on HP6.

I really liked my immediate neighbors at my last apartment (friendly and quiet), but the neighborhood around us was a slum.

For that whole neighborhood community thing I think I'd have to go back to the subdivision my folks and I lived in from 1979-1991. Lots of friends next door, carpooling, kids gathering at the local liability risktrampoline, block parties and so forth.

I've never lived anywhere that I even knew my neighbors, after I moved away from home to go to college. I know my current next-door neighbor, but if this weren't a duplex I'm not sure I'd ever have met her.

I really want to know what quasi-legal means in this context. Also, what the suicide risk is about.

Also, what the suicide risk is about.

Extreme despair over not being able to fuck in public? Sort of a diamond-condom-too-tight problem, IMO.

I don't know any of my neighbors here. The loud upstairs neighbors just moved out. My sense of community comes from the dojo.

My old neighborhood in Alameda was wonderful. Great mix of young families and original homeowners.

I lived in my complex for about 2 years without really knowing anyone but my downstairs neighbor. Then someone had a cookout, and I went over and met a bunch of people. And now, I hang out with them all of the time.

there are exactly 3 of us in the office answering phones right now. a co-worker and i will be leaving in 15 minutes so i can get to the airport. where the fuck are the rest of my co-workers?! they know i'm leaving. aaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!

I love a lot about our current neighborhood. We're within walking distance of several good bars/restaurants/cafes, plus some neat little vintage stores, a bike shop, a gourmet popsicle stand, and (my favorite) a new market that sells all local products, where we get our milk, eggs, lots of produce, etc. Plus the Taco Truck visits once a week, and we're right across the street from a little park where people bring their dogs and have baseball games and go sledding the one time it snows in the winter. Easy biking or short driving distance to the library, couple of grocery stores, a good indie movie theater, more restaurants, etc. I just wish we could afford to actually buy a place here, instead of continuing to rent from our deadbeat landlord.

We don't really know many of our neighbors, though, except the ones who live in the same house as us. Sometimes I feel like we know them a little too well...