Around one-third of residents living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) don’t know their neighbours’ names, according to a new survey.
Conducted online by networking service Nextdoor among 500 GTA residents, the survey found 32 percent of respondents couldn’t name their neighbours.
A majority (59 percent) of those who didn’t know their neighbours’ names lived in condos, and were most often among those aged 18-34 age group (47 percent).
The survey noted a contrast between age groups, with the older demographic saying they were more familiar with their neighbours. Seventy percent of those aged 55 and above, and 61 percent of the 34-to-54 age group said they were able to learn their neighbours’ names within a month….