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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Springfield started out this way, until all the side characters were cemented as a part of the cast.

*** More distant neighbors are seldom specified, although Mrs. Glick seems to live on the same street somewhere and the house across the road was once owned by George Bush and then Gerald Ford.
*** "Friends and Family" introduces Julia, the neighbor who lives ''behind'' the Simpsons' house. Although she's never spoken to the family before, she's apparently been observing the dynamics of the street for quite a while, witnessing events such as Homer hanging out naked on the roof and sharing his opinion of "stupid Flanders."
*** That huge house opposite the Simpsons certainly seems to pop out of nowhere.
*** Or is an empty lot big enough to drive an SUV through, as it is in the Canyonero episode.

* ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}'' series. Not explicitly stated how big Diamond City is as a place, but each game adds new characters apparently just living a few houses away from each other that have never been seen before in the entire series.
* Arguably ''VideoGame/TheSims'', in particularly ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheSims3 3]]'' if you're following the stories of the Maxis/EA premade families. Can also happen quite literally with Story Progression, which sometimes will randomly generate families to movie into houses.

** Springfield started out this way, until all the side characters were cemented as a part of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters cast.

* The characters of Kate and her family in ''Series/RobinHood'' have apparently lived in Locksley all their lives, even though it's a reasonably small village and they've never been seen or referenced before Season Three.

** While the Flanders family have been the right next-door neighbors of the Simpsons for the entire series (save for a few [[StatusQuoIsGod brief moves]]), the house on their left has changed tenants frequently. The Winfields, an elderly couple, were their original neighbors until they sold the house in season four, then Ruth and Laura Powers lived there for a a few seasons. Since then, neighbors appear at random, then disappear, never to be mentioned again. [[spoiler:Sideshow Bob wearing someone else's face]] also lives in the house for an episode.

** While the Flanders family have been the right next-door neighbors of the Simpsons for the entire series (save for a few [[StatusQuoIsGod brief moves]]), the house on their left has changed tenants frequently. Ruth and Laura Powers lived there the longest, spanning a few seasons. Since then, neighbors appear at random, then disappear, never to be mentioned again. [[spoiler:Sideshow Bob wearing someone else's face]] also lives in the house for an episode.

** While the Flanders family have been the right next-door neighbors of the Simpsons for the entire series (save for a few [[StatusQuoIsGod brief moves]]), the house on their left has changed tenants frequently. Laura Powers lived there the longest, spanning a few seasons. Since then, neighbors appear at random, then disappear, never to be mentioned again. [[spoiler:Sideshow Bob wearing someone else's face]] also lives in the house for an episode.

** Also, neighbors of the Simpsons (aside from the Flanders) occasionally appear at random, then disappear, never to be mentioned again.
*** Although this too has settled down a little. Flanders lives on one side, Laura Powers lived on the other side (until that house was bought by [[spoiler:Sideshow Bob wearing someone else's face]], with a brief mention of Powers leaving). More distant neighbors are seldom specified, although Mrs Glick seems to live on the same street somewhere and the house across the road was once owned by George Bush Senior and then by Gerald Ford.

Compare/contrast MoebiusNeighborhood, where the main characters only seem to have ''one'' set of next-door neighbours.

** Several major buildings change locations and neighbours depending on what a joke or plot demands. Taken to its logical extreme in the Movie, in which Moe's Tavern is temporarily moved to be a standalone block for a joke about the churchgoers and barflies switching activity because of the dome's appearance. Later in the movie, we can see Moe's Tavern has returned to it's usual location by watching the background.

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* ''SamAndMax'': Averted in the videogames though; Bosco, Stinky and Sal are neighbours of Sam and Max who are mentioned long before their on-screen introductions.