My neighborhood is friendly and safe and charming.

[optimistic pessimist]

Dear all,

Do you say, "My neighborhood is friendly"?

I thought neighborhood normally refers to an area rather than people.

So, I usually say, "People in my neighborhood are friendly", or "My neighbors are friendly"

But I happened to see the sentence below.

"My neighborhood is friendly and safe and charming."

Is this good English?

Thank you!

OP

 

[teechar]

I would say: "I live in a friendly, safe and charming neighbourhood."

 

[MikeNewYork]

A neighborhood can be described as friendly. Of course, that applies to the people who live and work there.

 

[emsr2d2]

The same applies to "safe". A neighbourhood itself can't be safe or not safe. It's the people who live there or who frequent it who dictate its safety.

 

[Raymott]

I'd call "friendly neighbourhood" a metonomy.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/metonymy

On the other hand, a neighbourhood could be literally unsafe, if it was prone to sinkholes, gas leaks, or was full of asbestos.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Or radiation, but that is not the common use of "unsafe neighborhood".