Bridgeport Twin Lakes (0305)

Very typical of people who find some way to sneak into some paradise. They become very concerned with keeping everybody else out of it.

I should have captured also that this is the only sign for the development, no 'welcome' at all.

The 'no trespassing' is everywhere, though some explorers tell me they don't quite mean what we think. I just look for a gap of maybe 100 feet and then go in a little ways.....

Per my understanding, the problem is that since anyone who has legitimate reasons (e.g., delivery person, photographer doing documentation) to be on the property can legally walk right past the signs, it isn't a crime until the property owner (or legal designee) declares that the specific individual has no legitimate reason to be on the property. If verbally told they are not to be there and they remain, then they're illegal. Thus on rural abandoned property, they are really only a warning and apparently not legally enforceable. A related problem is often it isn't clear if the sign is meant to apply to the property behind the sign, or the general area -- signs along railroad tracks are often ambiguous since often there is a legitimate reason to cross them. I judge each situation based on the circumstances and apparent danger, and then typically only go a few feet in.

It does vary by state. I was in SF and noticed that very many businesses had prominent 'no trespassing' signs that clearly customers regularly violated. The purpose was to give businesses the ability to keep homeless from camping on their doorsteps.

Being one who is not 'hip' in dress, I seem to often get confused by the public as being part of the homeless and watched closely in businesses -- until I speak about purchasing something and pull out a credit card.

The role of appearance in social class dynamics has always been a key concern for me... though I'll admit that I partly like the 'undercover' qualities that result in one being largely invisible (except in the situations in stores) when one isn't well-dressed.

I'll admit to enjoying being dressed in a way that provides a little shock to the sense of safety for middle-class, suburban folk. I always hope that once they take a second look or hear me talk, that there's at least a little spark that makes them rethink how they use images to stereotype.

Probably like what your wife says you look like...grungy jeans, dirty boots, sweaty older shirts, old baseball caps