Good post. It made me think, so it's a good post :)
I'm betting that the person that wrote the post - or the ones that have accosted Mephron - have different life circumstances. If you can go home to a quiet place and limit your interactions, then when you're out in the world, it seems reasonable to interact with said world. But as you said, it's a rare commodity in a large city, and really, only the established or wealthy have that luxury. If you have to go home to a noisy apartment that you share with other folks, that isolation, whereever you get it - becomes terribly valuable.
And even if you don't. You're right. It's not community property.
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I'm betting that the person that wrote the post - or the ones that have accosted Mephron - have different life circumstances. If you can go home to a quiet place and limit your interactions, then when you're out in the world, it seems reasonable to interact with said world. But as you said, it's a rare commodity in a large city, and really, only the established or wealthy have that luxury. If you have to go home to a noisy apartment that you share with other folks, that isolation, whereever you get it - becomes terribly valuable.
And even if you don't. You're right. It's not community property.