Not in this neighborhood. Half the houses are rentals and you never get to know your neighbors. The lady next door is the one that had the collapsed septic sewer that Bear drank out of (not you, Bear). The people across the street are nice, but their boy that is a year younger than Matthew just failed first grade and here Matthew is starting 4th...they have nothing in common.
All of Matthew's friends are a long ways off...we all get together to let them play in the park during the summers.
Half the houses are rentals and you never get to know your neighbors. Well, it would help if you would answer the door! [ducking]
Don't be so sure Matthew won't have anything in common with the boy next door. They might have bikes, or favorite movies, or frogs, or eventually, girls.