tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post1394728657571997172..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Setting up a neighborhood networkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-75653348640747701982011-06-04T12:19:06.027-07:002011-06-04T12:19:06.027-07:00I LOVE it!!! I just started a neighborhood group i...I LOVE it!!! I just started a neighborhood group in our area and am planning a BBQ next month. It makes me feel a lot better knowing who lives around me and having more of a sense of community. I love to get gardening tips from my neighbors, and share toys the kids outgrow! I think a neighborhood network is very important and I applaude you for coordinating it. I had to take the initiative Lindsey G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07261528309316722272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-48272067813859776742011-03-24T21:54:50.423-07:002011-03-24T21:54:50.423-07:00I think it's great that you did that!
I will ...I think it's great that you did that!<br /><br />I will admit, I'm not sure I have the guts. But I would totally love it if one of my neighbours sent me an email like that. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-28494254801086870622011-03-23T11:47:55.239-07:002011-03-23T11:47:55.239-07:00Several years back, I read Surperbia! and this net...Several years back, I read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Superbia-Ways-Create-Sustainable-Neighborhoods/dp/0865714908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300905722&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Surperbia!</a> and this networking is one of their first steps toward improving suburbia. If you haven't read the book, do check it out. <br /><br />We've got a mailing list for our neighborhood so we can Christina Gilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05863554438201805194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-6035261559947159852011-03-21T14:53:29.323-07:002011-03-21T14:53:29.323-07:00I think it's kind of neat that you have your n...I think it's kind of neat that you have your neighbors' email addresses ....Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-59480628995594967462011-03-20T22:01:07.001-07:002011-03-20T22:01:07.001-07:00Nic - I hear you. I'm actually quite the socia...Nic - I hear you. I'm actually quite the social curmudgeon. <br /><br />So far I've heard back from 7 interested families. I just sent an email with a survey to schedule a good date/time for our first meet-up so I'll let y'all know how it goes!Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-51552035581987611322011-03-20T00:34:24.031-07:002011-03-20T00:34:24.031-07:00Awesome idea. I applaud your efforts. For reals....Awesome idea. I applaud your efforts. For reals. After living in our rented home over 6 months, we know our neighbors on one side very well, and don't know the other side at all, even though I left them a Christmas offering with our names (and address in parentheses, since I'm sure they don't know our names). Not so much as a wave since then. I wave at a lot of neighbors as I'mBetsy (Eco-novice)http://eco-novice.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-40966299124756817162011-03-19T00:45:24.075-07:002011-03-19T00:45:24.075-07:00I would never be the one to initiate. Even if it w...I would never be the one to initiate. Even if it was something that I found myself <i>wanting</i> to do, I'd know I really couldn't, because you get big groups of people together and my brain goes, "OMG! SOCIAL OBLIGATION!!!" and just switches off, and I go running for a corner or a hole to hide in. Given that, I don't think I'm community oriented enough to ever play a Nic, SDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-17578716553689811282011-03-17T22:44:31.616-07:002011-03-17T22:44:31.616-07:00Thanks for responding :)Thanks for responding :)-Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350457668863567842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-21113687401526559832011-03-17T22:36:16.696-07:002011-03-17T22:36:16.696-07:00Rob - I don't think I could handle you and you...Rob - I don't think I could handle you and your seed ballz.<br /><br />Anna - I think my neighbors would have a coronary if there were any chicken dispatchings going on.<br /><br />Julia - We have a list compiled from our Seattle Night Out annual event (in August). My old neighborhood had an even better list than just names and contacts numbers - it had a list of who had what emergency Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45954689723971830852011-03-17T22:20:27.063-07:002011-03-17T22:20:27.063-07:00Wow, Brad really rates; you answered him! Julia as...Wow, Brad really rates; you answered him! Julia asked a very good question... I've noticed you don't really answer your comments, but I think it would be nice if you didn't just ignore some questions. I'm not trying to be rude; just thought you might want to know how it comes across. :)-Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350457668863567842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-39174792832877467792011-03-17T22:19:52.667-07:002011-03-17T22:19:52.667-07:00omg i am so uber jealous of you right now, actuall...omg i am so uber jealous of you right now, actually jealous of your neighbors. i would LOVE it if u were my neighbor. last summer, i tried to make friends with a family down the way who's garden i drive by all the time, so we could share gardening tips and i even suggested a gardening group among neighbors so we could share bounty tips etc, and i got the SEATTLE FREEZE. i got TOTALLY BLOWN Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-72928236407167957152011-03-17T22:18:06.365-07:002011-03-17T22:18:06.365-07:00I'm glad to hear I'm not the only seemingl...I'm glad to hear I'm not the only seemingly normal person who actually thinks of stuff like this. Maybe it's the name. We live in the country with most in our area on 5-40 acres. Our next door neighbor is a surveyor and several years ago he gave us a map of our area with everyone's property lines, who owns each place and their phone numbers. It could use some updating and yes,Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113928043039917799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-355254053436804902011-03-17T20:33:33.144-07:002011-03-17T20:33:33.144-07:00MUY FANTASTICO! I had an idea about trying to get...MUY FANTASTICO! I had an idea about trying to get a community garden project going here in our town but never did follow through. I have made a few contacts and have a lot more energy so with this new inspiration from you, I am going to explore some possibilities. Thanks and buenos suerte, amiga!equa yona(Big Bear)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09077234314632732773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-9245874943634093192011-03-17T18:10:21.604-07:002011-03-17T18:10:21.604-07:00i would love to do this but i'm afraid my neig...i would love to do this but i'm afraid my neighbors already thing i'm a nutjob and won't give us the time of day....we live on a 4 acre farm right next to a subdivision. our lifestyle is a lot different than theirs and any contact i've tried to make with them has received a frigid response. i'm fearful that when tshtf, they'll change their tunes and try to steal away all tansyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126378170210755616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-24293951765088984302011-03-17T17:56:34.258-07:002011-03-17T17:56:34.258-07:00I would love to be your neighbor too. I would lov...I would love to be your neighbor too. I would love to start this in my own neighborhood, I know far too few of my neighbors and I've been in the place a long time.<br /><br />I've been pondering this stuff just recently. Thanks for the extra nudge.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130329307026962791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-87955424764051912962011-03-17T17:50:55.791-07:002011-03-17T17:50:55.791-07:00Great idea Deanna. Good luckGreat idea Deanna. Good luckSimpler Times Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957469652318141126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-3101692116352169952011-03-17T16:32:14.069-07:002011-03-17T16:32:14.069-07:00would love to be your neighbor.
i'm still loo...would love to be your neighbor.<br /><br />i'm still looking for an online system that would be good to help manage this, like a mini freecycle that's just for your designated area. i assume with some kind of setup like this people could even keep their email private and get notified just like on FB.<br /><br />we have about 150 houses in a 3 street area and neighbors are always saying, bradhttp://highlyuncivilized.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-49830466427430478032011-03-17T13:35:19.114-07:002011-03-17T13:35:19.114-07:00I would love to be your neighbor!
We live-in a ...I would love to be your neighbor! <br /><br />We live-in a neighborhood now that is pretty good now. I wouldn't be calling on the vast majority of my neighbors to come over and can some applesauce but I'm certain I could rely on almost all of them in an emergency. The people across the street and right next door are wonderful so I feel like it offsets the requisite weirdo that every Mama Mama Quite Contraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033437220422551511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45606004229055173232011-03-17T12:37:43.734-07:002011-03-17T12:37:43.734-07:00nobody in our neighborhood is going to think you&#...nobody in our neighborhood is going to think you're a nut.Miss Subhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807393272869913743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-23219766276881335422011-03-17T12:12:47.363-07:002011-03-17T12:12:47.363-07:00Way to go! I've really been wanting to do thi...Way to go! I've really been wanting to do this and was close to actually going for it when we had someone buy the house across the street that had previously had a slew of bad renters. Unfortunately, they ended up forclosing. :( But I have talked to three neighbors about gardening (and converted one!). Hope to do this in the near future though. Can't wait to hear more about how it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-33283097415527330522011-03-17T09:31:12.844-07:002011-03-17T09:31:12.844-07:00I have a great neighborhood community. Luckily we...I have a great neighborhood community. Luckily we all get along pretty good. One neighbor has an amazing garden and some good idea's on food storage and what not. One neighbor dabbles in gardening but get's a lot of outside recreation idea's. One neighbor I just like because she is like me. Yeah! 3 of my neighbors are all elderly and have great old school idea's. I live in a Surviving and thriving on pennieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549443211123230264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-38145293752044739812011-03-17T09:05:28.711-07:002011-03-17T09:05:28.711-07:00Wow, Brad. Aren't you Mr. Cheery Pants this mo...Wow, Brad. Aren't you Mr. Cheery Pants this morning.Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-42615729524966547232011-03-17T08:25:15.832-07:002011-03-17T08:25:15.832-07:00I must have missed something about Mr. Rogers. I ...I must have missed something about Mr. Rogers. I always considered Mr. Rogers to be ministering to the little one, the personal - the individual. I never found much community feeling with him.<br /><br />I think I would have printed off flyers, and gone door to door to personally hand out the information and invite. Printed paper, and the personal contact, are more persistent than most emails.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-35435490375508944312011-03-17T07:42:11.274-07:002011-03-17T07:42:11.274-07:00Having kids sure does help to get to know the neig...Having kids sure does help to get to know the neighbors, and I have been thinking about some type of block party for quite a while. I know a lot of neighbors to chat with them, but don't know them on any deeper level. I think that it is great that you are doing this.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721532177094664881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-66601551091396835682011-03-17T07:23:43.632-07:002011-03-17T07:23:43.632-07:00I think that is great! I am planning on moving to ...I think that is great! I am planning on moving to a new neighborhood this summer, and I'd love to do something similar, but I don't know if I have the cojones to do it.Danicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223298958301791509noreply@blogger.com