语法问题：We started getting to know the young man was from a neighborhood nearby.
We 主语
started 谓语
getting to know the young man was from a neighborhood nearby动名词短语,作宾语
再分析动名词短语：
getting to know 动名词词组,意思是：逐渐了解
(that)the young man was from a neighborhood nearby 从句,做getting to know的宾语