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[quote=”elindermuller”]Living in a golden cage called gated community has nothing to do with luxury or elite. Luxury for me means Space and Privacy, not staring at other peoples roofs and into their back yards. Just my opinion, others may feel the opposite way.
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Live in the country and you will have plenty of privacy.
[quote=”sprite”][quote=”elindermuller”]Living in a golden cage called gated community has nothing to do with luxury or elite. Luxury for me means Space and Privacy, not staring at other peoples roofs and into their back yards. Just my opinion, others may feel the opposite way.
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Live in the country and you will have plenty of privacy.[/quote]
Sprite
think about what your saying
yes.. if you move to the country you will have lost of privacy but lose some security- I have always found it best to live in a residential gated community in the country 🙂
as we live now
we have 6 houses on 2 acre lots.. not too close but not to far. In the event of an accident we all would help each other
for example my Canadian vecino is leaving for 3 weeks.. so we all watch over the house as she is gone and vice versa
David,
When you use the word “security” what do you mean? Is this security for the safety of your person or for security of property….or for both? Is one a more important consideration than the other?
I have never, in the Costa Rican countryside, felt my person to be in danger…ever. Property, of course, is always under threat of theft no matter where you live.
So I assume it is fear of assault and a general mistrust of the culture. The police are not much of a presence, I know.
From what I have observed, the cost of absolute safety (a dubious concept) is always too high.
Too much is given up for too little in return.
Most Americans have trouble with this concept and give up freedoms and isolate themselves from the world for nothing or for very little since their fears are usually exaggerated or exaggerated for them.
If you feel threatened or fear loss of property in the area where you live, then I suppose choosing to live with less privacy may sound like a price worth paying.
But look around you. Most people in Costa Rica appear to live without as much fear as Americans do.
Ticos make very little concession to fear.. Bars on windows and guard dogs are ubiquitous, but so are solitary houses in the countryside.
I have seen Ticos floating down crocodile infested rivers in inner tubes while line fishing.
I watched Tico children play in snake filled fields or by rushing river waters.
Our cultures balance the value of security and safety to the value living a free life differently. You have found your balance.
I prefer to risk property loss rather than taking on the inevitable sense of isolation that comes with living behind gated walls.
I agree with davidd. We too are live in the country, and have always lived in the country since we have moved here and have been robbed multiple times, from thieves who gained access by just crossing through fields. But, now in similar conditions as davidd, with a main gate, and 3 strings of barbed wire fencing, everything has been fine.
[i]Tico[/i] homes are much more likely to have bars, high walls or fences plus guns, and tend to offer new arrivals advice, on not to leave ‘anything outside’. They don’t even leave their shoes outside…and they were right on that issue, as ours were taken.
It is very easy to tell someone ‘not to worry about the security of property of family and you home’, when you don’t live here.[quote=”costaricafinca”]I agree with davidd. We too are live in the country, and have always lived in the country since we have moved here and have been robbed multiple times, from thieves who gained access by just crossing through fields. But, now in similar conditions as davidd, with a main gate, and 3 strings of barbed wire fencing, everything has been fine.
[i]Tico[/i] homes are much more likely to have bars, high walls or fences plus guns, and tend to offer new arrivals advice, on not to leave ‘anything outside’. They don’t even leave their shoes outside…and they were right on that issue, as ours were taken.
It is very easy to tell someone ‘not to worry about the security of property of family and you home’, when you don’t live here.[/quote]costaricafinca
It never surprises me of the inability for people to stop looking at things the way they would like them to be and to see them as it is
nothing more nothing less
if i have weeds in my garden
I am not going to chant
I have no weeds I have no weeds I have no weeds.. this also comes in the phrases using the words
[b]I Wish.. or I hope.[/b]. very self defeating
Look at the weeds and just go and ranked them out 🙂
The more open the area is the more inviting it is for people to ahem.. accidentally walk into your property 🙂
Keep your expectations low and you will rarely be disappointed. Keep them too low, and it is like swallowing a nocebo (the opposite of a placebo), you will attract negativity and the very things you wish to avoid.
I hear stories of stolen shoes, chickens, lawn furniture, etc….For those things, I will not traumatize myself with isolation behind walls and security guards. It’s not worth letting fear of potential loss of relatively worthless items determine how I live. I suppose it boils down to priorities.
The negative effects of gated communities are well known; Excessive homogeneity, complacency within the confines for crime and most importantly for me, exaggerated fear of the outside world. I imagine this last one creeps up on residents of gated communities in such a slow, cumulative fashion that it might not be noticed. After a while, a resident might end up looking at the world outside the gate with a strong sense of paranoia.
Finally, while I totally understand the desire to protect property and person and to promote community oriented living situations, I just do NOT think that building walls is the right way.
We have learned that everyone has a different point of view regarding gated communities. The good news is, is that no one is right. But let’s see how many times members will try and convince sprite otherwise 😀
[quote=”Lotus123″]We have learned that everyone has a different point of view regarding gated communities. The good news is, is that no one is right. But let’s see how many times members will try and convince sprite otherwise :D[/quote]
I think everyone can agree that people feeling that they need walls for protection from fellow residents is not a good thing.
Sprite is so against the gated lifestyle choice, he won’t even put up a white picket fence! ba da boom!
Sprite I do agree with your sentiment that the energy you put out can attract other similar energy (I bet quantum physics could prove this!). But I also think all this harsh, negative bickering in this forum also creates a negative energy, state of mind. The practice of mindfulness is a wonderful thing.
Lotus,
I do not see this as harsh bickering. This is a discussion of a significant social issue with polite disagreement.
In fact, discussions such as this one have the intent and possibility of promoting and are a reflection of mindfulness.
For those who cannot bear disagreement or conflicting opinions, a message board reflecting the real world is probably not the best place to be. You will have to find some safe zone protected form the out side world…maybe a sort of gated community message board for the easily offended where differing opinions are barred at the gate. Homogeneity, safety and rose colored glasses are guaranteed for the residents.
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