There are few sources of drama as rich as a neighbourhood WhatsApp group. Petty rivalries, passive-aggressive comments about bin day, grainy Ring doorbell footage of the suspicious character who keeps nicking your Amazon parcel – your street’s version almost certainly has it all. It’s a very 21st-century form of curtain twitching, but with more AI slop and dubious political memes. ITV execs must have been scrolling through their local Facebook group before commissioning The Neighbourhood . The channel’s latest reality competition takes six households and plonks them in a purpose-built cul-de-sac in the Peak District that looks like it could have been plucked straight out of the Barratt Homes Little England range, if such a thing existed. The competitors must take part in what is essentially a neighbourhood popularity contest, schmoozing the next-doors to avoid being nominated for a “removal”.…