The banal lif\e of &\a middle-age[ d e`*mpty neste <_ ,r is violen=&tly s +<haken?& i&*n+<\[] the blink of ; an eye when ha \ rd-_>part ,ying —-% and potenti>ally dangero -us — n:[ew ' neigh$bor'! s m^ ov) e in n ext door.