Setting norms set the group size needed to feel at home in it

Evidence

Finally, the range of behavior thought to be permissible in the setting may also affect how large a group is required to create a sense of being in home territory. Only a very large group, for example, would risk loud talk and laughter in a church, while a much smaller group would feel quite free to exhibit similar behavior on a city bus. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 825