Nice News - “Research tells us that knowing even a few neighbors can lower loneliness and improve well-being,” Kelly-Ann Allen, an educational and developmental psychologist at Melbourne’s Monash University and author of The Psychology of Belonging, told Nice News in an email. “For many people, neighbors are their most important source of social connection, with many older adults having more frequent contact with neighbors than their own family.”
Allen has written extensively on the topic, and she created a Know Your Neighbors challenge (which you can download for free). “Social connection and a sense of belonging to a community or neighborhood helps with feelings of safety and alleviates isolation,” she explained. “This has important implications for mental health. Even light neighborly contact is beneficial (providing it is positive!).”
But according to a 2025 Pew Research poll, only about a quarter of U.S. adults know all or even most of their neighbors. \
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