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Originally Posted by Pennster
Ah, I was just imagining someone I knew driving by my house to take a look at it, as you had referred to in your question about whether that would bother people. It wouldn't bother me, because I believe really strongly in the notion of public space, and that we are all free to be out and about in it (as long as we behave in an unthreatening manner, of course). I just wanted to express the fact that it would not make me uncomfortable and explain my reasoning.
It's cool if we disagree. I just wouldn't see it as a problem if someone I knew were curious about where I lived and wanted to drive past to see my house, no more than it troubles me that Google Earth passes by and takes a picture of it and then allows anyone in the world to access it.
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It can take on a different oddness though if you are in a position of dealing with people who could create problems. I don't specifically let my students know where I live because I absolutely don't want to find them on my doorstep, nor their parents, and unfortunately, I've known of cases where that has happened to teachers and administrators. Same reason I don't make parent phone calls from any personal phone; only from work. I don't want them to have my personal number and start calling me. Not everyone is completely balanced out there (and sometimes it is surprising which ones end up showing a real imbalance) and I'm not going to open myself up to those kinds of issues where I can avoid it.