In the firearms community, a lot of shooters keep their spots on public land a secret because other well known spots have been closed off or prohibited from being used for target shooting because idiots trash the place or use it unsafely.
In the urban exploration community, people keep the locations of their abandoned or secured buildings a secret because a lot of people would come and steal stuff or trash the place which attracts more security and potentially dangerous encounters.
It sucks but it’s understandable. “The tragedy of the commons” is often invoked for eugenicist reasons, but the concept is real, but only when your society is never instilled to care about their environment. Many communities and countries don’t have this problem - America does because, well
But I don’t think your example is gatekeeping. Anyone who’s withholding the location from you is going to do so even without the sign.
We have a shitton of tunnels under the twin cities secretly mapped by urbex communities. Every so often there are some dumb kids who take silly risks and end up dying in places where there's no cell service and emergency services have trouble reaching, then the tunnel gets shut down. There are many good reasons they keep these secrets within their community
That’s another point I forgot. I’ve seen some videos of abandoned buildings and some of the structure is rusting or rotting and you can see pieces of the roof on the ground. Definitely not something you want a curious newbie to go to.
In the firearms community, a lot of shooters keep their spots on public land a secret because other well known spots have been closed off or prohibited from being used for target shooting because idiots trash the place or use it unsafely.
In the urban exploration community, people keep the locations of their abandoned or secured buildings a secret because a lot of people would come and steal stuff or trash the place which attracts more security and potentially dangerous encounters.
It sucks but it’s understandable. “The tragedy of the commons” is often invoked for eugenicist reasons, but the concept is real, but only when your society is never instilled to care about their environment. Many communities and countries don’t have this problem - America does because, well
But I don’t think your example is gatekeeping. Anyone who’s withholding the location from you is going to do so even without the sign.
We have a shitton of tunnels under the twin cities secretly mapped by urbex communities. Every so often there are some dumb kids who take silly risks and end up dying in places where there's no cell service and emergency services have trouble reaching, then the tunnel gets shut down. There are many good reasons they keep these secrets within their community
That’s another point I forgot. I’ve seen some videos of abandoned buildings and some of the structure is rusting or rotting and you can see pieces of the roof on the ground. Definitely not something you want a curious newbie to go to.