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22-Aug-2015

The obsession with privacy

Nice looking gate, although the house was pretty ordinary, but I’m posting this to highlight the extreme measures taken by some people to ensure privacy, with security cameras, a high wall topped by barbed wire and a very tall privacy screen on the side (this last one being quite common). I’m not sure who they were worried about because there was a huge sand lot next door from which nobody could or would look in.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Twilight starling, posted earlier:

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Zoltán Balogh17-Apr-2020 05:17
That's a really clever composition! V
danad12-Apr-2020 10:02
Outside...It's nowhere ! Maybe they want to put this nowhere as far as possible...V.
Julie Oldfield11-Apr-2020 15:25
An interesting capture of their culture. A very veiled country in more ways than one. V
David Buzzeo11-Apr-2020 02:23
Just because one is paranoid, it does not mean one is not being spied upon. (I know it is a double negative.) One must have a reason to go to this length. V
Dennis Hoyne11-Apr-2020 01:44
I can understand the gate and the wall, but I don't get the barbed wire.
Don Mottershead11-Apr-2020 00:08
This inspired me to look up the burglary rate in Saudi Arabia and it appears to be a very small fraction of the rates in the U.S. or Canada. I wonder what the thinking is? Interesting image.
Graeme10-Apr-2020 21:30
An attractive gate with heightened security, maybe hiding something? V
Martin Lamoon10-Apr-2020 20:52
Perhaps they wonder what will be built next to them in the future\v
larose forest photos10-Apr-2020 20:43
The gate is especially ornate, but the screen rather mars the look of the place. V
hayl10-Apr-2020 20:16
Interesting and beautiful gate.
globalgadabout10-Apr-2020 20:10
it makes one wonder just what they are trying to hide..
victorswan10-Apr-2020 20:09
Wow this is really very special, a mighty look that gold on the black base, beautifully depicted Helen BV
Tom Munson10-Apr-2020 20:02
That is a beautiful gate, Helen. Nice shot.