A good neighbor who waves every morning is a tiny, steady reason your street feels like home.

Belonging to a place is built out of very small repeated things. One person who recognises you on the pavement changes a street from an address into somewhere you are known, and it takes about two seconds of their day. Nobody would list it as important, and yet a street with nobody waving feels completely different to live on.

Be the one who waves first. Learn one name on your road this week and use it. If you already have a neighbour like that, say something to them once about how it makes the street feel, because they almost certainly do not know they are doing anything.