We really don't know what the exact setting is, so it's hard to say whether it has any significance. We know that the narrator is living with an older man. We don't know their relationship. Are they father and son? Uncle and nephew? Brothers? Boarder and landlord? The narrator says that he loves the old man, so they must be at least friends.
What is significant about the story is its tone. The feeling of nervous fear builds until the narrator almost explodes with his confession. The first-person narrative limits us to knowing only what the narrator thinks, but that is enough to create the suspense in the story.
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