15 Neighbors are the people who live near us. In youropinion, what are the qualities of a good neighbor? Usespecific details and examples in your answer.

If you have a good neighbor, you are a lucky person. You havesomeone who cares about your needs and your property, whois helpful in the little day-to-day situations that come up, andwho is supportive in times of crisis.

A good neighbor is someone who, for instance, understands that your children may occasionallyrun across his lawn, even though you tell them not to. He'll realize that children can be carelessabout things like that, and he won't make a big fuss about it unless it becomes a regular thing. Inthe same vein, he knows that you'll understand if some of the trash from his trash cans blowsacross into your yard. IN other words, he is sensitive to the unintentional things that can happen. He doesn't make a big deal about them.

A good neighbor is also respectful of your property. For example, she asks your permission beforedoing anything that interferes with what's yours. This means she wouldn't plant a huge tree inbetween your houses without asking how you feel about it. If she wanted to put up a fence, shewould let you know first. She might work with you to decide where it should be placed. Maybe thetwo of you would even split the cost.

A good neighbor would lend you some milk if you ran out . She'd give you a ride to work if yourcar was broken, and let your children stay at her house in the evening if you got stuck workingovertime. You would do the same for her. Both of you would help make the other's life easier.

when something really awful happens to you, like a death in the family, a good neighbor willvolunteer to help in any way he can. This could mean something small, like making some casserolesto put in your freezer to feed vesting relatives, Or it could mean something big, like helping you getthrough the sadness of the funeral.

I think only someone who has experienced a bad neighbor can really appreciate a good one! Agood neighbor can be a good friend. He or she can make all the difference in the world to your life.

16 It has recently been announced that a new restaurant may be built in yourneighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons anddetails to support your answer.

I can see both advantages and disadvantages to having a new restaurant built in ourneighborhood. I'm worried about traffic and how it will affect our neighborhood. However, I thinkthat it will benefit local businesses and increase appreciation for our neighborhood. Overall, I think itis a good idea.

Traffic congestion is always a concern when you build something new. Our streets are narrow, withparking on both sides. More cars traveling through the neighborhood could cause a lot ofcongesting. Traffic means parking problems, too. Our neighborhood has very few garagesattached to the houses. Most of us depend on finding a space to park on the street. If the newrestaurant is built, we’ll be competing for those spaces with the restaurant's patrons. Plus, if therestaurant offers wallet parking, it'll be even worse. Valet parkers work in teams to grab everypossible space available on the street.

I'm also concerned about the type of patrons this new restaurant will bring into our neighborhood. A family restaurant wouldn't be a problem. However, if it's going have a bar and dancing, thenthere could be problems. The restaurant would stay open later, and people leaving the restaurantmight be drunk. Who wouldn't worry about rowdy customers staggering around ourneighborhood in the early morning hours, looking for their cars?

I have to admit, though, there are advantages to a new restaurant. Our neighborhood couldcertainly use the jobs the restaurant would provide. Not only that, the money neighborhoodresidents would earn there would likely be spent at other neighborhood businesses. This would givea boost to those businesses and make our neighborhood more prosperous.

A new restaurant would also attract a lot of people to our neighborhood. They could see what anice area this is to live. That might attract new residents to the neighborhood. That would be agood thing, because we've been losing residents to the suburbs the last couple of years.

There are a lot of details to consider, but all in all, I support the idea of this new restaurant in ourneighborhood.