yeah I know you did not ask!
Years ago it was very common for houses to have big front porches, and people used them. Probably at least in part due to the lack of air conditioning, and it was also a a way of staying connected to your neighbors.
Now days we have decks and patios and they are at the back of the houses, frequently behind fences. Many of us of little or no connection with our neighbors, seldom even talking to them.
There is a statement, message, lesson in there somewhere.
What started me down this random thought path was that for some reason I was thinking about my grandmother’s house. The house she lived in longest during my childhood was an old three story house that had a huge porch, wrapping around three sides, sitting just on the edge of the small farming town of Checotah, OK, birthplace of this curmudgeon. And that porch was used extensively. I slept out there multiple times when her house was full of visiting aunts, uncles, cousins and other assorted folks.
I have seen this other places, but when I lived in Memphis it was exceedingly common. One could drive around neighborhoods on a nice evening and there would be a multitude of folks sitting around in lawn chairs in their driveways. Most of the houses did not have front porches, but the driveway must have been a good substitute.