"During the shop’s peak hours – from eight in the evening till around midnight – one could hardly hear oneself talk because of the boisterous chatters that went on."
Depending on the housing type the community varies greatly. If it was town houses people are forced to be closer due to the closeness of their homes. They have to make compromises and so on. If they were separate houses people can be more alone and separated
The verb is receive, so yeah...
It was in tin Britain because that was where it paid to invent in the 17th and 18th century the growth of manufacturing commercial economy increased demand of literacy, numeracy and trade skills
