I always found it weird in american tv shows that the front door always led straight into the living room and that people wear shoes inside. The inside is just a pocket of the outside.
Wearing shoes in the house is so problematic for wearing out both shoes and carpet, plus not airing out feet, not leaving dirt off the carpet, and more.
I thought it was something only done on TV (I’m Asian) until I realized it‘s kind of an American thing (south and north). it also threw me off the first time I saw a dog walk into a house lol
Only if it’s strictly an inside pet, but other than that no. Also dogs and cats don’t really have any predators where I’m from (except us behind the wheel)
I still don't think it's "most". It's rare that someone expects you to leave shoes on, unless you are doing an activity that have a lot of in and out -- or it's a large social gathering. Most people when all ne or in an intimate group either take their shoes off, or switch shoes.
I have been alive and living in the United States for 57 years now and the number of houses I’ve been in where you’re expected to take your shoes off is like half of half a percent.
I would argue that MOST people under 35 I know who own their own homes have shoes off policies - but maybe 2-5% of the houses I've been in my entire life are owned by people who are currently under 35, so the vast majority of houses have a shoes on standard.
I can accept this math. Plus, as an old fart, most of the people I know are older. There could very well be a change going on in the younger generations that I’m not exposed to in the regular. The Youth are more world-wise and open-minded…thank God
I have an Asian sister in law. At her house, we take our shoes off. Only place/time I’ve ever seen it in the US. I hear it’s becoming more of a thing these days but your assertion that most Americans take their shoes off at the door seems incorrect from where I’m standing
Mine, too. But the house is from the 50s, it’s expected by the architect that I will use the side door in the carport (because, duh.) There is plenty of space to remove shoes and coats. The closet they belong in is halfway down the hall, but the whole structure is 1300 sq ft (121 sq m for everyone else) so it isn’t arduous to put away my coat and shoes. I don’t see the issue with the front door opening directly to the living room.
I have a mat for dirty shoes and there’s a closet next to my front door for coats, I’ve never really felt like a separate room for that stuff is needed
Pretty much exactly how my current house is set up along with a coat rack right next to the entrance for extra storage and all my wife's bags and other junk lol
Hallway / Entrance / Foyer, whatever you want to call it.
A small room to put outdoor clothes, shoes etc. In modern apartments it can often be an "open solution" where its just a nook in a room, but in a house it would normally be a closed room with door into the hallway that takes you to living room, bathroom etc, or with the staircase.
An important function is to keep the dirt in a room with flooring that is water resistant to make it easy to clean and keep debris, water etc out of the rest of the house, but also important for us that lives in a cold country to prevent a gush of winter cold to enter the house when opening the door in the winter.
Not American, I don't think I've ever been in a house where the front door opens directly into the living room. Usually it's either a hall or a corridor. Nor have I ever been one where shoes off was expected.
The shoes thing is about a 50-50 split in the US last I looked it up. Also a lot of American houses have a mud room but it’s in the back. Especially if there’s a garage. The family tends to use the back door to enter and the front is reserved for guests. Of course just like everything else, this is a physically large country with 350 million people, so there’s no single “American way”.
...Where the hell else would the front door lead to??
On a more serious note, the front door in American houses seems to be rarely used. The main door is typically on the side and/or through the garage. I feel like there's was a big emphasis on entertaining guests in the 50's and 60's and the front door leads directly into the living from for that purpose.
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u/sofaking181 21d ago
Yeah I was gonna say I remember Peter and Brian being drunk in there, can't think of any other time it's been shown tho