neighborhood Tontoro

An endearing way to call your friend dumb. "Tonto" Is spanish for dumb. And "Totoro" is a fictional character from Ghibli's "My neighbor totoro"

Dude my primo was the biggest neighborhood Tontoro last night. What a Tontis...

by Whatthehelliseventhat? September 28, 2020

Neighborhood Rambler

A person, usually in a large metropolitan area, that isn’t homeless but has something off about them and/or is tweaking out in some way.

Tina, the neighborhood rambler, always sits next to me on the subway and asks if I like the song she’s listening to, even though she isn’t listening to any music.

by Cgroch January 8, 2022

neighborhood superstar

A Person that is real popular and have a certain rep for doing something in the neighborhood. They’re either a Rapper , Drug Dealer , or deep in the streets. More than likely they’re a real flashy person and very materialistic and they love to show off with their luxury lifestyle.

“Man did you see Dre come through in that new Benz with those 2 fine ass chicks he had in the whip ? That dude is a Neighborhood Superstar”

by anonymous April 23, 2023

neighborhood hero

A nice way to call someone a 403.

Man 1: You're a damn cripple!
Man 2: Well yo mama's a neighborhood hero!
Man 1: Goddamn bro you didn't have to go that far! *cries*

by YourNonexistentGodfather February 7, 2024

Neighborhood Assemblies and Neighborhood Communes

Direct, face-to-face democratic institutions where residents of a local area (a neighborhood, block, or housing complex) gather to make binding decisions on matters affecting their immediate community. A Neighborhood Assembly is the general deliberative body—the town hall for local issues. A Neighborhood Commune is the more radical form where this assembly assumes direct political and economic control, managing shared resources (gardens, tools, childcare), security, and dispute resolution, often operating on principles of consensus and mutual aid. They are laboratories of hyper-local self-governance, bypassing traditional municipal bureaucracy.

Example: After the city repeatedly fails to repair a dangerous intersection, residents of the Oak Street block form a Neighborhood Assembly. They meet monthly in a garage. They vote to install a community-funded traffic calming plan. This evolves into a Neighborhood Commune: they pool money to buy tools for a communal garden in a vacant lot, organize a rotating schedule for elderly care, and run a local security patrol. They've created a micro-polity based on direct participation, making the city government largely irrelevant for their daily lives. Neighborhood Assemblies and Neighborhood Communes.

by Dumuabzu January 25, 2026

Neighborhood Democracy

A hyper-local model where the primary unit of political power is the neighborhood or block. Residents in a small, geographically bounded area meet in regular assemblies to make decisions on local issues (parks, traffic, zoning) and elect recallable delegates for city-wide coordination. It’s a building block for municipalist movements, aiming to reclaim the city street-by-street from impersonal bureaucracy and developer capital.

Example: The Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico, organize their governance around autonomous municipalities where villages (neighborhoods in a rural sense) hold assemblies to make decisions. While part of a larger revolutionary structure, this foundation in direct, local decision-making is a form of Neighborhood Democracy.

by Dumu The Void February 5, 2026

Neighborhood Crew

A tight-knit group of 25–30 locals (more or less) who proudly rep their neighborhood. They might hustle, tag, or just move as an all-around street family. Their identity comes from the block’s heartbeat—not headlines or indictments. Most stay off the radar for years, known only to those who live where their name still carries weight.

“That neighborhood crew, the Dexter Boyz, been around forever—I can’t lie, bro. No RICO, no paperwork, but everybody in the city know ‘em.” —Local Detroiter

by RealTalkOnlyFool October 11, 2025