I don't typically talk to my neighbors, but there is a good age gap between all of us. I feel like there has to be a reason to socialize between neighbors. Maybe something like trying to arrange a block party would be in order just to give people an excuse to socialize might be the way to go.

As a person also born and raised here, if you keep a respectful distance from other people then that distance never gets breached then you're just a polite stranger.