{"id":219402,"date":"2026-03-14T08:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/219402\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T08:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:57:18","slug":"tell-us-about-the-greatest-most-neighborly-neighbor-youve-ever-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/219402\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell us about the greatest, most neighborly neighbor you&#8217;ve ever had"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve had my fair share of bad neighbors over the years. Ones who\u2019d stomp their feet above my bedroom at odd hours of the night or who\u2019d block my parking garage without warning every time they had guests over. Talking to friends in L.A., such experiences seem to be the norm rather than the exception \u2014 people either have gripes about their neighbors or no feelings at all. A <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/longevity.stanford.edu\/neighbor-interactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford study<\/a> showed that the percentage of Americans who frequently interact with their neighbors declined among all age groups from 2017 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who doesn\u2019t live near any family, I know that good neighbors can be a godsend. And though I\u2019ve had some questionable ones, I\u2019m lucky to have also had some of the best. Like Joseph, who let me borrow his portable air conditioner \u2014 and even installed it \u2014 when a heat wave hit Los Angeles. Or Mr. Art, who\u2019d close my garage whenever I was in a hurry and forgot to do it. And my current neighbor, Ms. Cassandra, who always makes sure to save me a plate when she grills her mouthwatering barbecue ribs. <\/p>\n<p>Neighbors can become your friends \u2014 or even your family. That\u2019s why we\u2019re looking for Los Angeles\u2019 most neighborly neighbors. And we want you tell us about yours. What\u2019s the most remarkable thing they\u2019ve done for you, big or small? Did they lend you a cup of sugar when you were baking a five-layer cake? Did they offer you a ride to work? Did they babysit for you last minute? Or invite you over for a holiday dinner so you wouldn\u2019t have to spend it alone? <\/p>\n<p>Nominate your favorite neighbor below. We may feature them in a future story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve had my fair share of bad neighbors over the years. Ones who\u2019d stomp their feet above my&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[11432,100436,36468,57251,1431,1576,100440,2303,48,52,51,47,50,49,63,100437,100439,7755,4953,592,100438],"class_list":["post-219402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-americans","tag-bad-neighbor","tag-bedroom","tag-exception","tag-family","tag-friend","tag-gripe","tag-l-a","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-neighborly-neighbor","tag-odd-hour","tag-one","tag-parking-garage","tag-people","tag-such-experience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}