A recent survey to mark ‘Love聽Your Neighbour Week’ has found聽more people in Southampton consider people living close to them as friends than any other city in the UK.
The research, which you can find more details about , found that 90% of Southampton residents considered their neighbours as friends.
Speaking about the research, Southampton’s聽Daily Echo noted,
“One area in Southampton where there is real community spirit between neighbours is the Outer Avenue in Bevois Valley.
With its mixture of long-term residents and newly-moved in students in Avenue Road, Alma Road, Gordon Avenue and Earls Road, Outer Avenue Residents Association (OARA) has been at the forefront of showing how neighbours can be there for one another.”
You can find more about this story on the , including interviews with Southampton residents.
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