What is it like to live in a group home?

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As the question says in the post... What is it like to live in a group home? I've had my father ask me more times than I have fingers if I'd be willing to live in one, and my mother frequently slides the idea into conversations whenever talking about my aspieness. I currently live in an apartment by myself (My dad pays for it), but being alone isn't the healthiest thing for me. Talking to my mother and father makes me realize they are very worried about the fact that I live with no... witnesses. On a grander scale of things... I don't feel safe living like this either. I don't want to move back in with my dad because I don't like where he lives (Rancho Cucamonga CA is like living in the desert) and he scares me. I can't move in with my mother because I'd rather die than live with her, her roommate, and 4 dogs in a tiny apartment. I guess I'm curious about what it is like to live in a group home because I keep getting suggestions about living in one... but I'm not one to be rash and make decisions without careful observation. Also I don't know how I would react in one. The idea of a group home gives me thoughts that I'd never be able to escape and be by myself like I can by hiding in my room... even though I probably shouldn't be hiding in my room by myself anyway. Anyway if you live or have lived in a group home... please share your experience and insight because I'd be grateful to hear about it.

I have an autistic friend who use to live in a group home for months after an accident, and here's what he told me (what I saw...)

Basically, you're living with a group of people who don't know who anyone else is. Everyone must play a part at least once a week in a household chore (cooking, cleaning, etc.) and you are "under surveillance" (In actuality, you have someone who wants to know where you are, where you want to go at all times) and you can only be out for so long and can be at only a few places.

Living-in-training basically