Since I quit my job to work on my startup, I've moved out of Dublin to cut costs and most of my friends now live a ~1.5 hour bus journey away. I head back every now and again to keep in touch, but mostly I talk to them over the internet. I do live with my little brother now and my other brother and his girlfriend live literally opposite my house, so I hang out with family a lot more than I used to. I know some of the people working in the local shops, but I don't know anyone else that lives on the street.

I grew up in the coutnry, so there weren't many people living nearby, but the few other kids that did live close, we knew well. We generally let ourselves into each others homes and there was never any problems, though if we wanted to visit our friends who lived further away, we would get our parents to drive us.