Before air conditioning and television, Americans lived on their front porches.
The porch was the interface between private and public life; a social and cultural institution.
You'd see neighbors walking by and call them up for a drink. Children played in the street while adults supervised. Politics, religion, local gossip; all were discussed as the sun set.
The porch created accidental community. It made isolation impossible.
A Conspiracy So Vast So Malevolent
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