Back to the USA - Land of the Unfree

"No access to the lakefront,"  "No tresspassing"  "Private property,"  "Tresspassers will be prosecuted," "Private beach," " Private Road - no walking or biking," "Keep Out." 

Wow, I had forgotten how stuck I feel whenever I get back to the US. 

Granted - in Britain half a percent of landed aristocracy own 60% of the land - but everywhere there are public footpaths and bridleways, so walking, biking, horseback riding or having a picnic in a field, on a cliff, by the shore, next to a stream is never a problem. 

I regard free movement as part of my quality of life - to hell with a hundred feet of private beach front.  What's the point of THAT??