Getting to know your neighbours

Most of our neighbours have (nice) dogs, so that's a plus!
It was quite funny when we first moved in and they were telling us about the town and all the walks, not realising we had lived here 30 years ago when our children were young! Most retirees here are referred to as "blow ins", but we are "blow backs" and feel very much part of the community.
When we go on holiday we swap keys, water plants and pick up post for each other. Everyone is very friendly and has time to chat. Our children live nearby-ish and because they are young and fit have also helped a couple of our neighbours with heavy furniture chores or digging.
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I would like to be neighbours with many of the names on this thread.

We have great neighbours. A couple of months ago I dropped the car keys into a loch. Phoned the neighbour who has my keys, she fetched the spare key, gave it to other neighbours who made a day out of bringing us the spare keys. We took them out on the boat and bought them lunch. The neighbour who fetched the keys from my house was given a gift voucher for our mutual hairdresser.
Yesterday I used our garden vacuum to remove leaves from the gardens within reach of the long cord and huge extention reel. Win win. They get their leaves removed, I get leafmould.
Generally everyone helps each other and knows each other's business up to a point so will challenge strangers and run around your house in the snow when you are away to make the place look occupied or park their car in your driveway.
I'll never move.

I don’t know any of my neighbours very well, apart from saying hi to them I live on a main road lots of to-ing and fro-ing flats opposite so no idea who lives in there On one side the neighbours have been renting 16 years but they are not on my wavelength, eight kids now grown all unemployed and babies having babies yard like Steptoe They cause me absolutely no problems at all, but i don’t know them or relate to them New ones the other side, we nod and say hello and I get the ball out the garden for the kids but that’s it really
I think if you live in a village, a small road, a culdesac, etc then you will be pally with your neighbours (hopefully)
I don’t mind I ve got loads of friends and aqaintences and talk to all sorts in the shop

I am quite reserved, I chat to one of my neighbouring he is in the garden but he is the sort to be over friendly, his best friend lived further up the street and I've seen him just walk in without knocking. When the man died, his wife moved away and my neighbour was at a loose end he kept coming my door with excuses but I never let him in as I think he would be there too much. I love my privacy. I don't know how to set boundaries.
Also I always think that my house isn't posh enough. I have lots of old stuff that I love and I'm quite untidy, I would hate someone to be gossiping with other neighbours about my house. I guess its lack of self confidence

Ethelbags
You say you have seen him walk in without knocking
You could often see that at my house. Neighbours text and say are you in for a cuppa I reply and say I will leave the door on the latch.

We come off our main road onto our village road and there is a break in the properties after the 13th home. 4 of the houses are like invisible people, can barely say hello if they are in the garden when we walk past.
The rest are friendly, we have the occasional get together and we all know we are there for one another if needed. During Covid we looked out for each other, I give my puzzle pages in the newspaper to the woman next door and my DH cuts their hedge. They give us eggs.
Isn’t that how life is supposed to be?