I live on a porch-social street in West London - I've lived on a few, and I've lived in many non-porchy places too. I can confirm the power of the porch is truly enormous. I moved in in spring and within a few weeks knew all my neighbours left right and across by name, plus the cats and dogs. There is enormous social cohesion in these streets, even alongside a lot of deprivation and very high levels of crime (my street is 90% council housing and approx 30% dealers). Imagine what would happen if all the rich peeps started chit chatting on their porches...
I live on a porch-social street in West London - I've lived on a few, and I've lived in many non-porchy places too. I can confirm the power of the porch is truly enormous. I moved in in spring and within a few weeks knew all my neighbours left right and across by name, plus the cats and dogs. There is enormous social cohesion in these streets, even alongside a lot of deprivation and very high levels of crime (my street is 90% council housing and approx 30% dealers). Imagine what would happen if all the rich peeps started chit chatting on their porches...