The friend far away may remember an earlier version of your neighborhood.

Someone who moved away keeps the picture they left with. The shop that closed is still open in their version, the neighbours are the old neighbours, and your street is a place that no longer quite exists. It is not carelessness; a place simply stops updating for you. It also means they are holding a record of your life that you no longer have.

Rather than correcting the outdated picture, try comparing it. Tell them what has changed and ask what they remember being there before. You will often recover a detail you had lost, and they will get a current map of somewhere they still care about.