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