Cliff...I don't really see it as off topic. You were discussing what you viewed in the aerial video posted. Very topical. I really don't understand the no fence thing. I would love a small fence to keep my kids in, and the neighbor kids out. But, when I went to the city to ask...man...you had to file for an exemption, which has a fee, approved or not, then get it approved, then pay for utility companies to delineate their right-of-ways, them get a second approval once they are done, then pay for a survey, then pay for a buildinf permit, then have an approved contractor file, then...you see why I don't have a fence? Haha.
But we don't have the McMansions. Those start one block from here. It's actually very interesting looking at my area, because you can see the growth over the years, and the styles and trends, all within about 3 miles. It would make for an interesting aerial exploration of recent housing history. Hmmm...
Adam, our neighboorhood was upscale about 20 years ago. Now it is more middle class, with the higher end housing being built about 2 miles further east as the city expanded. Just on the edge of that is streets with no houses. A neighborhood started about a year before the housing bust. We got a good deal on our house thanks to it becoming more middle class, and the bust. It's semi-upscale living at an affordable price. The township still taxes and zones like a high class area though. Only drawback.
Thanks for the constructive criticism guys,....I guess....FYI, no Vaseline or chickens were harmed in the making of this video. The blur effect was just adding a "dream" filter. But for those who commented with distaste for it, I have added a non KFC version above.
Also, HellStorm is right that in most upper scale area's fences are not allowed and utilities are under ground.
Dale and Cliff...my neighborhood doesn't have overhead lines as they are underground. Also, no fences because city ordinance makes it a legal nightmare and costly proposition to do so. Our neighborhood isn't as high class as that one though, so we are still pretty full. Nicer places a few miles away have become all but abandoned thanks to the housing collapse.
Martin. KFC fingers on a lens is the poor-man's Vaseline coating. Of course, Vaseline on the lens is the poor-man's gause filter.
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Wow Helistorm I can see your point and whilst the idea of an "open-plan" community sounds novel, in practice
it must be quite complicated. Are you allowed to have dogs for example, how much grass are you allowed to
cut if you don't have boundary lines, or does everyone have to cut the grass on the same day? So many more
questions spring to mind, I'm surprised you're allowed to even have kids especially if [as kids do] they like
playing cowboys and Indians romping through everyone's garden at irregular intervals. Then again my
imagination is running a little wild, most kids today don't play outside do they? Excuse my rambling on a bit.
HeliStorm, thanks for the explanation, sorry for going off topic but it was such a sharp contrast to the way we
live over here.
I didn't mind the blurring too much.
Thanks for the constructive criticism guys,....I guess....FYI, no Vaseline or chickens were harmed in the making of this video. The blur effect was just adding a "dream" filter. But for those who commented with distaste for it, I have added a non KFC version above.
Also, HellStorm is right that in most upper scale area's fences are not allowed and utilities are under ground.
Martin. KFC fingers on a lens is the poor-man's Vaseline coating. Of course, Vaseline on the lens is the poor-man's gause filter.
Anyway...entirely off topic on all counts.
Get a piece of soft fabric, some alcohol, and wipe that lens clean. It's ridiculously greasy on some of the shots. Don't touch it with KFC fingers!
No pets allowed possibly, no street lights no telephone poles [underground maybe] apart from a couple of cars
there seems to be no signs of life, does anybody live there?
Off topic but why do none of the houses have fences between properties?
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