On 1/13/14, 10:49 AM, Steve Smith wrote:
Once a month (I forget the schedule .. Nth something of the month I
think) neighbors would gather to maintain the park... trim, dig,
plant, prune, etc. Nobody was in charge, but there were a few
leftovers from the original design/creation. It was very
self-organizing.
[..]
It was the most self-organized, ad-hoc, functional neighborhood I've
ever imagined. Far from perfect, breakins now and then, mostly cars.
[..]
it gave me hope for the viability of a commons.
I have plenty of work to do and other interests. If there is a place
to take my dog for a run, that's great. What I want is to do is pay
into a pool, with everyone else. It is obviously the sensible thing to
do, and because makes many more big things possible. I want
professionals to do the job. I don't want to be sneered at when I
accidentally sit on a `community' swing or picnic table or whatever
because I don't show up for the weekend love-in. (I'm not going to show
up.) Then I do what I'm relatively good at, and the the landscaping
people, etc. do what they are good at. I'm a tax and spend liberal
because I don't have the time or patience for all this.
Marcus
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