As a kid I thought Mrs Kravitz was a wacky charecter but there is a lot of Mrs Kravitz in the American female. My wife knows the comings and goings of EVERYONE around us. It seems compulsive.
If women are staying home, then they are the ones who can’t help but notice what else is going on.
And many of us DO stay at home, at least alot more than the husband, I must say. Trust me, my husband is really curious sometimes postulating what is happening across the street; he just doesn’t have the time to see all that I see.