I found that it didn't have much to do with socializing at all. It was that physical space is just much easier to access in a smaller house. X is only 3 steps a

I found that it didn't have much to do with socializing at all. It was that physical space is just much easier to access in a smaller house. X is only 3 steps away instead of 30. Kitchen, bed, book, TV, toilet, computer, etc. Home repairs and renovation didn't involve huge teardown decisions. And because of the smaller physical footprint, the living space was a huge limit to what you could keep. Justifying junk removal was much easier.