I didn’t do mere BBQs but threw full-on parties with the neighbors (who I didn’t know at all) and other friends. Later two shared apartments in the same house combined held a huge party that spanned the house and included many of the neighbors. Many good friendships came out of that, and a couple of us moved in together later.
The BBQ idea is just a low-threshold variant of that which doesn’t require copious amounts of alcohol.
For free stuff, we just have a place in the staircase where people drop things that are still good but not needed by their previous owner (mostly books). This works with zero explicit coordination.
For free stuff, we just have a place in the staircase where people drop things that are still good but not needed by their previous owner (mostly books). This works with zero explicit coordination.
I’m kind of amazed/impressed that this works, based on my experience of communal spaces. Don’t people ever leave junk that they can’t be bothered to get rid of? Does anyone adopt responsibility for getting rid of items that have been there a long time and clearly no one wants?
I didn’t do mere BBQs but threw full-on parties with the neighbors (who I didn’t know at all) and other friends. Later two shared apartments in the same house combined held a huge party that spanned the house and included many of the neighbors. Many good friendships came out of that, and a couple of us moved in together later.
The BBQ idea is just a low-threshold variant of that which doesn’t require copious amounts of alcohol.
For free stuff, we just have a place in the staircase where people drop things that are still good but not needed by their previous owner (mostly books). This works with zero explicit coordination.
I’m kind of amazed/impressed that this works, based on my experience of communal spaces. Don’t people ever leave junk that they can’t be bothered to get rid of? Does anyone adopt responsibility for getting rid of items that have been there a long time and clearly no one wants?
The bigger the party, the more investment—This does not scale the same way a website does. Same thing with putting out free stuff on the steps.