I think I’m going to have to do a smack-down letter for the board at the cult co-op. We’ve put in a perimeter fence. It is finally going on-line this week (after starting construction May of last year). So, yes, I will be living in a gated community. Mainly this was because of the foot traffic that used the property as a cut-through to get to and from the Metro, some of which preyed on members who lived in the property, many of whom were loud and obnoxious when crossing.
Anyway, because I don’t have a car (there are not enough parking spots for each resident to have one), and because I don’t rent one of our few parking spaces, I don’t qualify (to the board) for one of the fobs that will open the parking lot gates via a radio signal, I only get a fob that opens the pedestrian gates. Never mind that I might have cause to enter in someone else’s car, or a rental car, or even, heaven forfend, ride up on my bicycle. Because I don’t own a car, I somehow don’t need the fob that opens the car gates. This royally pisses me off. I have just as much right to access any part of the property (since it is a co-op, and therefore is all owned in common by the corporation) as anyone who has a car. And, frankly, I’m miffed that I’m not going to be able to roll onto the grounds with my bike, as I can now. Instead I’ll have to get off the bike, haul the bike up onto the curb, wrestle the door open, hold it open with the bike in hand, get inside before it closes on me, and then hop back on and ride up to the building. Not so keen on that idea. So I’m going to fuss, and hopefully get one of the damned car fobs for my bike.