Living in a ROWHOME....stories?

[theatergypsy]

I grew up in a row home 65 years ago. Our steps, white marble, were right on the sidewalk. We had a vestibule which led into a hallway. We had a living room, a dining room and a kitchen. Then out into a back yard with grass and a brick path out to the gate which led into the alley. One of my houses was a two story and one was a three story. (Both on the same street). We played in the street and on hot summer nights, we were allowed to stay out late with adults sitting on the steps all up and down the street and socializing while we played.

I was a kid so the negatives that people have mentioned here meant nothing to me. The saddest thing is, the street I grew up on is vacant land where there once were row homes from one end of the block to the other. I don't know what happened but I prefer to remember what it was like when I was a child.

OMT - we had a mail slot in the door so the neighbors had no idea when we got our mail, as it was on the floor in the vestibule. Good times.

[john_starks]

i'm posting from a rowhome right effin now baby

[john_starks]

a pic of the blimp in the distance over citizens bank park from my window (hey its a crappy camera phone)

[eFalcone]

The stairs go up at a 90 degree angle, children never go outside, there's no direction to turn down if you're being jumped because there aren't alleys in philly, and no one locks their windows because we like when burglars walk right in.

[ElmersWoodGlue]

Heating is a bit less, cooling not so much.

The only burglary I can recall was the lady down the street & they got in over the back wall, not in the front. And they obviously knew her cos they went right for the laptops & game consoles & knew where everything was.

I love never mowing.