I should also add to original poster.
You will be perceived as a good neighbor once you prove your dog(s) to be trained in basic obedience. Walk your pit bulls properly, show control, display the happy and loving puppies you know them to be frequently for your neighbors to see. Conduct yourself as an animal law abiding citizen. Make a point to slowly introduce your dogs to those who live around you. This is a slow process, but one necessary. You own a dog that invokes much on mere site, as owner, you own up to that, and put in the work. Take your dogs in public, mall, beach, different parks, trails. It’s a constant practice, just as raising as child.

Don’t allow neighboring dog owners to influence your behavior or how you allow your animals to behave.