Good neighbours, when I was just a little lad, were people who you could walk in on at any time between 9am and 10pm and be welcomed with a cup of tea/coffee/something stronger if you were adult. They also used to call in on us regularly. If they/we were going out or particularly busy, they/we would say so and no offence would be taken. There was an openness in relationships...people talked about what was happening in each others lives and that served as a therapeutic 'counselling'. Now it is preferable to go to a counsellor/psychotherapist and pay through the nose for the privilege.
Times have so changed from those 'good old days'.
Privacy is a valued commodity these days..so valued it overrides good friendship and puts people much more on their guard over meeting/visiting/popping in for a chat.
I think we have lost something....a closeness with neighbours.... I would like those days back but sadly it is not possible as society has developed into one of privacy/suspicion/protection/solitude etc etc. There is no longer a community spirit unless something drastic happens to draw communities together.
Best wishes, Mike.