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Before mobile phones, it was common to visit friends unanonced, if you happened to be in their neighborhood on a saturday afternoon, for example. It feels so long ago.
My mother grew up in a different country.
When I grew up she told me "In my birth country it's perfectly acceptable and normal to show up unannounced, but here in (this country) you always have to call first".
She thought it was bogus and just so people could vacuum before the guests arrived. The whole discussion was about vacuuming before or after guests, which is quite the topic for another day.
Later in my life I asked my cousins in that country about it, and they'd never heard of the concept of visiting unannounced.
Anyway, yes it's like the change that happened with cell phones. In the country that I grew up in, you'd make an agreement and stick to it. In the country that I live in now (which is the same country) it's expected that people message on their way.
Maybe I just have a bad family :(