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> If you see a house/apartment where lights are repeatedly being turned on/off that’s generally considered a signal that they are in distress

I would assume that they just have kids.

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> they are in distress

> they just have kids

Is there a difference?

I suspect it is more relevant for a time when you would have been more likely to have known your neighbours.

Unless I had established the blinking light code with my neighbors in advance, how would blinking lights inform me any more if I knew my neighbors or not? Unless they were blinking out S.O.S. it would not occur to me that it might be a sign of distress.

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