At least, it is hard finding a home where you feel free.

I thought Second Life New England (SLNE) might offer more freedoms for individuals than the real-world original.

I was wrong.

Yard signs are pulled-up, guns are banned. The uses of waterways are restricted. The oceans in this simulated world are off-limits.

In SLNE, my landlady’s husband is a cop. I hope he didn’t see the machine gun behind the living room couch.

Reams of bylaws, a high cost of land ownership, and taxes that never end (called “tiers” in SL).

Still, they come.