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lepagejohnson wrote 3 days ago: Lot 11 Kingfisher Court in Denver NC Harbor Oaks Subdivision – Private Gated 1.09 Acre Lot / W … more →

Tags: home for sale, Lake Norman, LePage Johnson Realty Group, Lake Norman Homes For Sale, Waterfront Homes For Sale, Charlotte, North Carolina, keller williams, Denver

Despite what we think, we are not hardwired to mistrust each other

dancarins wrote 4 days ago: This podcast discusses research into gated communities and the people who move into them.  It seems … more →

Tags: Culture, Regeneration, Capitalist Realism, Mark Fisher, Anti-social behaviour, Immigration, austerity, Welfare, Orientalism

Paper summary: 1st June 2013

wriglesworth wrote 2 weeks ago: Economics A third consecutive fall in net lending to companies in April suggests the economy is a lo … more →

Tags: news roundup, Property, Personal Finance, Net Lending, London Property, Employment, Annuities, econimics, economic recovery

"Fragmentation and discontinuity ... demand the wisdom of more immediate perception, intuitive awareness and imagination"

backyardbooks wrote 3 weeks ago: Still working away at Parkins and Craig’s Slow Living… They also write: “Slow livi … more →

Tags: Understanding education, early years education, education around food and meals, social and political contexts, Wendy Parkins, Geoffrey Craig, slow, Slow Food, slow living

Scattered, dispersed housing = Community?9 comments

Because We Care - Beyond Inclusion wrote 3 weeks ago: A letter from the National Council on Disability (NCD) was published urging the US Housing and Urban … more →

Tags: Family Issues and Stories, Health, Safety and Medical Issues, ICF/DD, Intellectual Disabilities, National News, Olmstead decision, cluster housing, community choice, Community Integration

Rentals On The Rise

Dawn Advertiser wrote 1 month ago: Five months into 2013 and one of the market trends that continues to remain prominent is the increas … more →

Tags: Real Estate, Market Trends, lahore, Uzma Nawaz, house, Pakistan, Karachi, residential property, homeowners

Featured Neighborhood: The Manor Golf and Country Club

mariedinsmore wrote 1 month ago: The Manor Golf and Country Club is located in the City of Milton, just 40 minutes outside of Atlanta … more →

Tags: Home Buying, Featured Neighborhoods, Choosing the Right Agent, Metro Atlanta, Luxury Homes, Milton, Alpharetta, upscale communities, Country Club

BEWARE GATED COMMUNITIES FOR THE OVER 55's

Lyn Ferrand wrote 1 month ago: Customers are Ignoring You (Photo credit: ronploof) In the last two years, you may have become aware … more →

Tags: fraud, Older People, property developers, Old Age, Business and Economy, Property, Seniors, Real Estate Development, breach of contract

Home sweet home?5 comments

gortari wrote 1 month ago: Oi gente! So one of the things I mentioned as a side-note in my first post was ‘rich-poor … more →

Tags: Humble musings, rio, O Rappa, Loic Wacquant, Michel Pinçon, Monique Pinçon, Jacarepágua

Private spaces vs. public spaces

backyardbooks wrote 1 month ago: According to Nan Ellin: “As our private spaces have elevated in importance, our public spaces … more →

Tags: city as text, Urban & Architecture, Urban settings, Urban Design, Privatopias, Urban Studies, Nan Ellin, Integral Urbanism, private spaces

The Castle Doctrine, ghettoization, gated communities, and spaces of the home

backyardbooks wrote 1 month ago: Oooh… brilliant position piece on the Trayvon Martin tragedy… Hilda E. Kurtz writes: … more →

Tags: Violence, social pressures, city as text, violence, Violent Crime, Violence on TV, self-defense, Hilda E. Kurtz, Trayvon Martin

Philip K. Dick, "The Game-Players of Titan" (1963): The Life of the Ruling Class1 comment

tashqueedagg wrote 2 months ago: The standard hero in a Philip K. Dick novel is a member of an alienated middle or professional class … more →

Tags: Science Fiction, Political Thought, Class Conflict, Sexuality, Capitalism 2, revolution, Resistance 2, philip k dick, Philip K. Dick

FBI Conducting 32 Gun Purchase Background Checks Per Minute Under Obama

johnib wrote 2 months ago: During Barack Obama’s presidency there have been 32 background checks for gun purchases every … more →

Tags: News, FBI, obama, Politics 2, law enforcement, Guns, Ammunition, Gun Control, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Home is...

backyardbooks wrote 2 months ago: Considerating the effect post 9/11 security measures and terror talk are having on people’s ex … more →

Tags: Support Structures in YA Literature, Boundaries and Spaces, Home, Fear, Setha M. Low, --- Terror Talk

President Obama Has Done More For American Gun Sales Than Anyone Ever

johnib wrote 2 months ago: For whatever the reason, since the start of the idea of the Barack Obama Presidency, gun and ammunit … more →

Tags: News, obama, Politics 2, law enforcement, Guns, Ammunition, Bureau of Labor Statistics, private security, private police

Gated Communities and "The Fortified Neighbourhood"

backyardbooks wrote 2 months ago: This may seem out of left field, but I am interested in Gated Communities and their social impact. R … more →

Tags: Beckett Bernard, Power in Literature, Support Structures in YA Literature, Boundaries and Spaces, Contexts of Childhood, Community, Genesis, place, August

Can you Guess from which town the Third Palestinian Intifada Will Start?

adonis49 wrote 2 months ago: Can you Guess from which town the Third Palestinian Intifada (mass civil disobedience) Will Start? S … more →

Tags: political Artical, Jews/Jewish/Israel, Lebanon/Middle East, Essays, Events/Cultural/Educational/, adonis49, Mahatma Gandhi, palestinian authority, mustafa tamimi

Far Away and All Too Close

uncommonscolds wrote 2 months ago: Some Americans value safety above all else and think that gated communities, guards, and guns will p … more →

Tags: Fear

Daily Prompt: The Ideal Community10 comments

Creative Mysteries wrote 2 months ago: My Ideal Community (Photo Credit: Hybrid Vigour/Flickr) What does your ideal community look like? Ho … more →

Tags: daily prompt, writing, daily prompt


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