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The radius within which other people's business becomes your business.
means The district around where you live, small enough that you recognize the people, the shops, and the shortcuts.
from Built from 'neighbour' — Old English 'neahgebur,' literally 'near-dweller' (neah = near, gebur = farmer or dweller) — plus the suffix '-hood,' marking a state or condition, as in 'childhood' or 'likelihood.' So a neighbourhood is, quite literally, the state of being near-dwellers to one another.
- origin
- from neighbour plus hood, meaning condition of nearness
- watch tactic
- relies on curtains, not cameras
- real boundary
- defined by gossip reach, not maps
- urban planning
- planners draw lines residents happily ignore