We'll go so far as to place the most luxurious housing directly abutting the neighbors, whatever the quality of their housing. We hand them photographs and testimonials from our other developments, and appraisals demonstrating their impressive financial performance. There is almost no perceptible seam between the two communities. On the other hand, there is Washingtonian Woods, a townhouse development adjacent to the new town of Kentlands, which was not allowed to connect. Even when presented with the evidence, subdivision residents rarely want to associate with us.
Street play is mindful of tenements in the big eastern cities, where yards are absent.
When kids are not in your yard, but are away from your supervision and out where kids govern, the gang culture prevails. Might and fear will rule the street. Children away from home are far more susceptible to being kidnaped, daughters and sons to being attacked and raped at the playground some blocks away. Whether or not they are justified, Nimbys can be effective barriers to community connectivity, which explains why many new town plans have relatively few entrances and exits. When refused access to neighboring subdivisions, we instead try to place a few road easements or pedestrian paths in strategic locations, so that the neighbors have the option of changing their minds later.