I also work from home and I think that's why I'm not 100% crazy about all silence, all the time. As mentioned in one of my comments here, I get a lot of my nois

I also work from home and I think that's why I'm not 100% crazy about all silence, all the time. As mentioned in one of my comments here, I get a lot of my noise needs while doing things in public that require minimal social interaction. And when I want a "normal" experience, I go out with someone from my small group of friends. I agree with the age thing. You know how a young person can be an "old soul"? I'm probably not that but I do think I may have been born an old person. Being young-ish, I'm attracted to city-life exactly because it gives me that choice, between being at home in relative quiet and seeing lots of people out and about.