Maybe we should have boarding houses again where each person gets a room and the meals are eaten and served at a dining table downstairs.
There is something to be said for having others look out for you, at least someone would know if you’d been kidnapped or not. Now they’d probably have too much “nonsense” going on so there wouldn’t BE any safety.
Thing is, it depends on who is living there; that is much a factor, the main factor really. I’ve been around a few characters and go figure, it doesn’t always work out good.