This is it; if the ONLY interactions you have with others are negative, they will view you negatively. So if you hide in your house all day and only emerge to complain about the neighbor's dog or something, you're going to be disliked.
All you have to do to counteract much of that is just say hi now and then, talk a little bit. Kids help tremendously here, because they have absolutely zero filters and feel it's entirely appropriate to run up to random strangers and yell "I POOPED".
All you have to do to counteract much of that is just say hi now and then, talk a little bit. Kids help tremendously here, because they have absolutely zero filters and feel it's entirely appropriate to run up to random strangers and yell "I POOPED".