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I am just now watching the series and I'm so glad I made it past the pilot episode. When I heard the laugh track I was very tempted to move on to something else. That would have been a mistake. Granted I am only on the first season, The Neighborhood is funny

Schmidt (yes, he will always be Schmidt from New Girl to me, lol) and Cedric play off of each other so well. Then of course we have PAM (sorry yall, I get stuck on my fave characters) who is obviously funny too. The Neighnorhood is well written and highly entertaining.

One thing I wish though is that there was no laugh track. I hate them so much.

I'm loving the series so far minus some of the focus on Gerald (the comedian). I'm not feeling his schtick but I realize most people probably enjoy the constant "funny" stuff during the times his family his on screen.

I feel like I'm watching a Youtube video spliced together with various families and honestly, I love that. This journey that these families are on is tremendous and I'm so thankful that more stories like these have been coming to the forefront over the last decade for Black people. Africa is rich, diverse and definitely different than what we are used to here in the states so of course there will be growth and change to come. I'm hoping the show will dive into this growth as well as costs, community building, culture, food, feelings and much more.