This is how my grandparents house was growing up. They were my neighbors so it was like having 2 houses.

Anyway family would just pop in whenever. The older I get the more I reflect on how nice it was. The closeness and connection as opposed to this isolation.

We were meant to have these large extended families that we lived together with. Multi-generational households or even compounds were the norm for practically all of human history.

Sometimes I think about what we've lost. I guess I don't have to wear pants

My friends do this. It's nice because I can have friends over while also never answering when someone knocks or rings the doorbell.

My guess is it’s just to save time so they don’t have to waste time going to the door and opening it for everyone who arrives.

this is normal around here as long as the homeowner knows you're coming

I go to my sister's house like that, with her permission of course

This is my home IRL