Living here in Georgia, smoking meat outside has the opposite effect on my neighbors; They come over to horn in on the food.
Lucky you! I had a BBQ for the 4th of July; we cooked a ton of meat on the grill and it made a lot of smoke. The neighbor came over to complain that she had to do all her laundry over again because the smoke from our BBQ "stank up her clothes." People still hang laundry on outdoor lines here. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. I was like...lady, get a DRYER.