I understand the Lab's desire to build communities, that feel friendly and warm. They want people to meet, hang with their neighbors. Hey ban lines can be turned off if you want people to drop by. The continent is beautiful and the houses are so much nicer than the older ones, I'll give LL Kudos for that. I took a house there. I spent ten minutes cycling through the house choices and then furnished it. Now its up for grabs, because I gave it right back. I'll just save that 1024 to buy regular mainland that *I* have control over. Sadly this community they want and the reality of how so many are in SL, isn't going to work to our satisfaction. My comment is based on years of experience in SL and knowing what the general public in SL does. I really do not have a lot of faith in this "approved" orb. I have a feeling that its going to have a small range, and a overly generous time to allow crossing. The whole time people are violating your privacy, reading/listening to your conversation, peeping on you. They have essentially created a mainland HOA . The house I had, was next to a road. My feeling is, if you can walk, or get down that road in some manner, then you have no business crossing others parcels on the way anyway. It just makes it feel like a benefit from what you are paying for is less desirable. In my case, so much so, I gave up my Linden home.