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The Front Porch “Is this the answer?”


Before World War II the front porch was the gathering place for friends and neighbors. They would gather on the porch to sing, play games or just to talk. For the adults and children alike, it was the favorite place to be after supper. Back then they were friends with their neighbors; they didn’t have to worry if the next door neighbor was a murderer, rapist, child predator, or drug dealer.

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The Home Porch In Its Simplest Terms Can Help The Neighborhood Become An Extended Family


I remember sitting on my porch in Texas watching the fireflies
light up.  My friends and I would play games catching the fireflies
and putting them in a bottle. The person with the most fireflies
won the game. Summer nights were always special times. My friends and I could stay outside light at night running and jumping on the porch swings at the neighbors house.

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