Just down the road

"I live just down the road."
"Down the road? Where exactly?"
"Just to the west of here."
"The west?"
"Yes."
"Like, as in, toward the ocean west?"
"Yeah."
"I didn't... I mean, you're joking right?"
"No."
"No one lives over there. No one's even allowed over there. It's a quarantine zone."
"It was years ago. Now it's just abandoned. The perfect place to be left alone by everyone."