1. vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods, section
usage: a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"
2. neighborhood, neighbourhood, community
usage: people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"