Free Style Nudity
A group for those who want to be nude on their own terms - without the hassles and rules of organised and commercialised nudism and naturism. It is a forum for discussion and exchange of information, with the aim of allowing more people to "do it their own way".Photos are allowed so please add lots of them - they make for a lively group. For confidentiality I have set it so that only...
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Urban nudism v country nudism....
Return to DiscussionsAs a nudist in a rural environment in Australia I'm curious to learn if nudists in other countries are urban/city based or from country/rural areas.Is nudism more popular as a release for people boxed in by cities & urbanity or by people inherently relaxed by belonging to beautiful places in country/rural/natural places. (where I live &love this includes thebeaches ...I don't define rural as farming).Bern :)
All I'm getting at is ......is nudist life more of a social escape or a lifestyle.My experience in Australia is that we "rural" nudists are subject to ridicule while urban nudists find some way of being legitimate by virtue of being associated with some urban based club or legally sanctioned beach.......all very clinical & part-time.Where is the real nudism ?And to get back to my earlier topicof European nudism .....I'd love to understand why acceptance is so different here in Australia thanfrom your nudist world in the southern hemisphere.Bern
I'm a rural nudist living in a small village. Everyone around me knows I'm a nudist and I have a well screened garden and lots of open countryside around me. So I enjoy being naked several days each week. Having said that it often isn't that warm here in the UK so I go to southern Europe to strip off outside in comfort. I'm off to Spain tomorrow.
Nice to get a response from Devon ...thanks. I'm not knocking behind doors nudism (sorry if I gave that impression). Clearly climate dictates activity and I admire hownorthern hemisphere nudists go to amazing lengths to make the best of their resources.I'm more concerned that here in Australia we don't make the best of our resources & the opportunity to embrace nudism.If you think the UK is lagging, what do you think about Australia ???I'd be hoping thatnorthern hemisphere nudism is embraced all year roundindoors or out& urban or country rather than just as a holiday gimmick in summer ....as I fear in seems to be down here.(Then I question whether us Aussiesembrace nudism as an urban release as apposed to something natural to those of us whomlive in the country & appreciate it as nature intended).
Hey Lisa ....we do think & live alike....my home is now just five acres & I'm easily able to stay nude full-time while at home. Wish my neighbours were as appreciative of my bare butt as yours are of yours ....lol.Rural nudism is easy here .....and almost anywhere outside ourmain urban centres. Only problem in a country with such a small population is that rural nudists are an isolated & lonely little crew :(Australia should be a nudist mecca but the locals just don't want to get it.....especially in the "rural" places.Wish you were here :)
Hello Arkonsas, USA....I can relate to your world - difference being the severity ofyour laws or at leastthe local interpretations of it.In my part of non-urban Australia wecan get away withbeing free in open public quietplaces & at home until a rare prude takes offence. Unfortunately the rarity of the prudes is fast diminishing, asis the prolificacyof nudists.Also unfortunate is the influx of cashed up prudish retirees to our sunny shores. This in turn inflates property prices and in turn again seems to influence the local interpretationsamong the legal professions. So, we become demonised for what we (or at least some of us long-time true local nudists) have always done without any drama or offence. We get increasingly pushed into more remote places.We don't have urban style resorts or clubs. I get the impression that nudism is being pushed into officially sanctioned places like pigeon-holed, type-cast things rather than open free people.I just wish people here could accept nudists when thecome across them. We are not weirdos & the human body is not a shocking evilthing.