Waitresses and merchants are friendly.
Neighbors help neighbors.
People know each other, stopping on sidewalks to chat or waving as friends drive by. Tom Bauer, the advice-giving employee, says Redmond is changing but still has common courtesies and community traditions. The Redmond High School marching band, for example, practices by meandering through neighborhoods on so-called Education Hill, where many schools are located. It used to be you could breeze through town. Redmond has its roots in agriculture, and it's becoming less and less rural, which makes me sad.