If the police siren is always wailing in your neighborhood every day, then to grab a good shut-eye may be tough. Well, that is if you are not used to it. I used to live in a "cool" neighborhood about fifteen or so years ago, and it came a point when I stopped "hearing" the siren. That was the least of my worries, because one day, I was in the kitchen, and bullets actually were cutting leaves off a tree, right near the window behind the kitchen. Talk of a dose of adrenaline there. There, we even had very strict rules on what time of the night we must all be indoor and all that.
In a more specific way, neighborhoods, even when they are peaceful, need to have "good neighbors". That is a huge bonus indeed. I remember when I first moved to my present neighborhood, all my neighbors were fantastic in making me feel welcome. Their enthusiasm in receiving me to the neighborhood was obvious in all the various helps they rendered. They shoveled snow for me, they helped me to get adapted to the new environment. The only one who did not like me was one of my neighbors' dog :). This guy would bark like crazy when he saw me, and run threateningly in my direction. I have not had the chance of asking him why he did not like me, but I think he knows me now. The owner would assure me " he ain't gonna do you nuthin". --- Well, he did me nuthin and I am glad about that.
I have now been here for about ten years, and I have received three next door neighbors since then. They have all been quite easy to adapt to. There are some things you don't ever adapt to though.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/12/gun_deaths_map_how_many_people_have_died_or_been_injured_in_shootings_around.html
How do you adapt to new neighbors, and how do you adapt to new neighborhoods?
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