<p>Well, to be honest, alh - I’d do so if it were convenient to me (the new people were standing in their driveway and I was walking by with the dog), but I really wouldn’t make a point to go out of my way. I just tend to be private about such things. My neighbors don’t really know much about me - beyond the fact that I have a husband, two kids and a dog - and I’m ok with that. </p>
<p>I’m not good about things like showing up on the doorstep to introduce myself, by we do give what has become a annual neighborhood party circa St Patrick’s Day. Another family–they’ve been here since 1814, in the same house–has been giving an annual summer party for ages.</p>
<p>“I would never want to go to (a doctor like my husband) I want to go to a doctor & keep my conversation to my medical lssues & get in and get out.”. Unfortunate choice of words considering your husband’s specialty.</p>
<p>When most people in a dorm, apartment building or block are new to the area, there is more likelihood they will be open to socializing. When one new person moves into a building or neighborhood where everyone has been there for a while, it is often harder to break into the group socially. It also can be difficult for a new person to get socially accepted in a town where there are mostly very long-term residents. </p>
<p>That is why it can be difficult for an out of state student at times to attend a public university where everyone knows other people from their high school. I have also heard complaints from freshman college students when they are thown into a dorm full of mostly upper-classmen. </p>