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Familiar faces
Poll: Do you know who your neighbours are?
A new survey suggests that one in two urban dwellers don’t even know the name of the person living next door.
“EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD neighbours,” claims the theme tune to the long-running Australian soap opera, but is that really the case?
A new survey undertaken by TK Maxx indicates that fully 50% of city-dwelling Europeans don’t even know the name of the person living next door.
One in five of those polled were unable to name a single person living in their entire neighbourhood.
But is that the case in Ireland? Is a sense of community dying here? Or is it an urban phenomenon only?
We’re asking: Do you know who your neighbours are?
Poll Results:
Yes, I communicate with them all the time (5261)
I nod in their direction when I see them but I don't know them besides (2920)
I know what their names are (2805)
I don't know them, I have no interest in knowing them (946)
I'm too shy to speak to them (179)
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