Should I have a node_modules (& a package-lock.json) outside my project folder ?

I recently installed node and I'm not sure what is happening and what is normal behavior.Outside my project folder, when I run npm ls I see:benjamins-mbp:benjamin ~ % npm lsbenjamin@1.0.0 /Users/benjamin├── u/types/node@14.10.3└─┬ vis@4.21.0├── emitter-component@1.1.1├── hammerjs@2.0.8├── keycharm@0.2.0├── moment@2.22.2└─┬ propagating-hammerjs@1.4.6└── hammerjs@2.0.8 dedupedI also have a node_modules and a package-lock.json in my home directory. Is this normal? Why is this happening?Alternatively when I run npm ls -g --depth=0 I seebenjamins-mbp:benjamin ~ % npm ls -g --depth=0/usr/local/lib├── expo-cli@3.24.0├── ios-sim@9.0.0├── n@6.7.0├── nodemon@1.18.6├── npm@6.14.6└── yarn@1.22.4​What is happening?

Submitted September 17, 2020 at 12:24AM by 52431cd