Got the same neighborhood situation goin on here as well. When the snow flies.......everyones out helping everyone clear out. We havent had any bad apple neighbors for as long as i can remember. Not just snow either........if someone gets a chord of wood dumped in the the driveway, ill be there to help stack it. If someones doin a roof, ya see neighbors stoppin over to swing a hammer. Hear a chainsaw stallin out across the street, ill go get mine out of the garage and bring it over.
Its amazing how society as a whole gets painted with that "Me first" brush when really i witness alot different than that on alot of occasions.
Think the closer ya get to the city life the more accurate that may be. I actually do hear of some horror stories from time to time.
Case in point, i know someone who was painting their house a couple years back and thier neighbor didnt like the color ("they had to look at it too") So the lady kept spraying the house with the hose while the paint was wet to ruin the paint. Of course she was doing it by accident while watering her shrubs. Police had to be brought in to let the paint dry lol. I couldnt even imagine having to live next to that.