Town or country, we all have neighbors. Beyond the few adjacent neighbors, chances are we don't know many more than that. And yet, there are many more nice people than you might think... probably over 80%! And the "not nice" ones rarely offer their services.
That's the idea behind neighborhood applications. Of course there's your Facebook network, but neighborhood applications offer another level of relationship, and FB doesn't have to know everything about you. It already knows enough.
These sites and apps offer mutual support, gossip and social or community activities, of course, but also local services and products.
As people have to make a living, some of them also offer welcome commercial services. People often offer what they do best. For example, their home-cooked meals, their help with painting, their trailer to help out, their presence to feed the cat, and so on.
So here are some sites and apps to strengthen the web of our social relationships.
Community
- Accorderie - Quebec
Peer-to-peer service exchange and cooperation. One hour of time for one hour of time from someone else in the network.
- Donnons.org
I give, you receive, we help each other. Reuse platform designed to facilitate the second life of objects.
- LPliz (Help Please) - France
Offer your help in this caring community. Totally voluntary.
- Lulu dans ma rue - France
DIY, cleaning, helping out in your neighborhood.
- Nebenan- Germany
German private network of registered neighbors and local institutions - posted content is protected from external visitors and search engines.
- NextDoor - International
International networking platform for neighbors - The reference model.
- Proxigen - International
Mutual aid, social ties and revitalizing neighborhood life. Present in France, Quebec and...
- Voisins solidaires - Quebec
Help to start a local support service
- YakaSaider - France
Do a favor for a member based on your skills, or get a helping hand from another member.
Commercial
- Allo Voisins - France
Services and equipment rental for tradespeople and craftsmen.
- Partage Club - Quebec
Neighbor-to-neighbor lending, outsourced management system for municipalities.
- PeeoHole - Canada
Rental of your belongings, from lawnmowers to parking spaces.
- PickMe - France
Need a package delivered while you're away? A neighbor will take care of it. A kind of Uber-depot.
- Pwiic
Services and equipment rental. Present in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Yoojo - France
Movers, gardeners, painters, babysitters, handymen, repairmen, electricians, plumbers, housekeepers, computer troubleshooters... if anyone can do it, you'll find them!
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