Meeting people in your neighborhood You may find some very datable people in your own neighborhood. Familiarity breeds comfort, and feeling safe and making the other person equally comfortable is important. So somebody you run into a lot or who knows the people you know works for both of you. The advantages of dating a neighbor are : You may already acquainted with each other, and therefore, it's not as scary as approaching or being approached by a stranger - and making somebody feel safe is a priority in this exercise. You probably run into them a lot, giving you plenty of opportunities to take the bull by the torns You probably know a lot of the same people. The only reservation about dating someone in your neighborhood is that you should be careful about next door neighbors. If the thing doesn't work out, the possibilities for being spied upon increase greatly