I havent done that for YEARS, then I was at my moms in New Mexico and there are NO mosquitoes out there, it was gorgeous and we took a glass of wine, 2 chairs and sat out there and watched people walking their dogs by and a thunderstorm rolling in (you can see for MILES in all directions out there so you watch thunderstorms from a distance actually come in towards you). Since you cant really grow grass out there cuz of the dry climate (you can but you have to water it all the time and people cant afford that) yards are very small so houses are very close together... people were sooooo friendly!!
Where I live now (in a townhouse) in New England, some are friendly but most people are just too busy or unobservant to even bother talking to someone else! I do sit on my deck at night a lot though and either talk to my neighbor or my dogs or read ... just to enjoy the fresh air!
