Kevin Gorman, 32, who lives in the neighborhood abutting the plant, wrote the flier warning residents that the plant could become a terrorist target and that an expansion might cause local real estate values to fall.

Cascade is a small neighborhood abutting Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA; it constitutes the eastern portion of what has come to be known as South Lake Union.

Residents of the exclusive neighborhoods abutting the park make a point of not even noticing wretches like Effie and Dill and Pharaoh and Roman.

Previously, community groups were to be heard at one meeting; now, each of five community boards in neighborhoods abutting the park will be consulted separately, as will historic and civic organizations.

Cabbagetown is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, abutting historic Oakland Cemetery.

"The hospital has a marvelous reputation, but they have not been good neighbors," said Mary Gaines, a resident of Flower Hill, who does not live in the neighborhood immediately abutting the hospital.

Two adjoining neighborhoods abutting Sadr City's northern border, Shaab and Ur, were built in the 1960s and 1970s to house middle-class government workers.

But she draws the line at Central Park dog runs - there are 18 in other parks and 3 more being planned - in part because she thinks every neighborhood abutting the park would want one.

In compliance with a city requirement, the Schnip organization will enter into a joint venture with the Washington Center Association, a consortium of black and Hispanic business people from the neighborhood abutting Downtown South.

"Some rents are off 30 percent in Battery Park," said Mr. Edwards, referring to a neighborhood abutting the World Trade Center site.