It depends on the neighbors.
I am the youngest person living on my rural road. I have one up the hill neighbor and two down the hill neighbors.
I am the middle neighbor, in the middle. lol
The up the hill neighbors and I have a good relationship, we help each other with our animals when we travel.
I ranch sit for them, they cat and goose sit for me.
We have an “open barn” policy that applies to raising each others barn fridge for beer and wine.
We don’t socialize other than the occasional holiday neighborhood party thing and occasional exchanges of home made foods.
My two down the hill neighbors are late 60’s couples and aside from one of the wives coming down to sit on the bench in my yard and feed the geese with her little grand daughter we don’t socialize either.
Nothing in common. Hippie writer farm woman and old redneck geezers. haha
We all wave, are friendly, but, the reason I live on 5 secluded acres is because I want my space and privacy.
I’m a friendly, outgoing woman by nature, but, I am also very protective over my space and privacy.
If I wanted to be surrounded by neighbors I’d live in a neighborhood instead of a rural setting.
I also close my ranch gate at the top of my long driveway when I don’t want to be disturbed. Gates a re good and everyone knows when Colomas gate is closed it means “do not disturb!” :-)
I always joke about my nearest neighbors being the “neigh-bors.” 3 donkeys, a horse, 2 mules, a llama and 4 sheep. They are my favorite neighbors and we do socialize daily. :-D