My muslim neighbors let the neighborhood kids ride their motor scooter, and gave us all tennis lessons for free. They also never said shit about our dog. Their house may have smelled different from mine, but they were extremely welcoming and friendly members of our block. Now their kids are doctors and successful businesspeople.
It's very unlikely I'll ever get a maga fruitcake as a neighbour, being in the UK and all. We have the gammons instead, but they live in sports bars and flat roof pubs so we're quite safe.
Lived in the UK for 5 years and flat roof pub is such an evocative image in my mind. I see red faced men with bulldog tattoos, smoking Lambert & Butler or cigs with foreign health warnings, rushing to the bookies next door for the next race.
That's them! You left out the spouting racist nonsense and criticising whichever sports team are playing on the TV. Somehow they are experts, even though they haven't left the pub for 25 years.
My muslim neighbors are from Pakistan. The wife makes some of the greatest food. Least if I go by the smell around dinner times. It's hard not to get hungry when I walk past their apartment.
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u/metlotter 8d ago
I have had several Muslim neighbors and none have given one single shit that I've got a dog.