[stagger87]

In suburban America the concept of a block party is relatively common. All neighbors in a cul-de-sac/street get together and eat/drink.

[sneak]

I've lived in several US suburbs and as far as I've seen block parties in suburbs only happen on TV. Suburbs are actively antisocial places.

Street festivals and that sort of stuff actually happen in NYC, which is, of course, not a suburb.

[jdavis703]

But if I understand the party is usually on the street or yards (I could be wrong, I’ve never lived in that type of suburb). People generally don’t open their homes, right?