Hey all, Dylan here.

So today we are sharing stories about neighbors.

Stories from Alice Obscura staff, friends of the show,

basically anyone who had a good story to tell us about something that happened with their neighbors.

It's got front yards.

It's got backyards.

It's got pets. And after you hear this

episode, we would like to hear from you. We want to hear your stories about your neighbors, the good,

the bad, the ugly. Maybe there's a neighbor on your block who goes crazy for the holidays,

and it's just like a delight to see what they're up to maybe someone has an

incredible garden maybe someone like refuses to cut their yard and lawn and like that's cool like that's

like it's all they're just like a rebel in some suburban cul-de-sac maybe that person is you

anyway give us a call at 315-992 7902 and leave us a message telling us your name and your story.

You can record a voice memo and email it to us at hello at atlasobscira.com. We want to hear

your neighbor stories. All right, here's the episode.

Hey, Atlas listeners. My name is Will. I've lived in New York City for 15 years, but before

that, I grew up in a very rural part of the state of Maryland, so rural that where I'm from,

St. Leonard, is considered a census-design designated place. And when people ask me what that

means, I say that it's a big enough collection of people living in the woods that the government

says that we need to keep an eye on that. And where I'm from, a lot of the houses were vacation

homes for people who lived and worked in Washington, D.C.

And my neighbor had peacocks for pets.

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