A realtor who wants to interest me in a secure residential community in a pretty nice (though not Porsches and posh private-putting-greens) area of town assures me that I would be among “like-minded” people. He said this four or five times.

This sounds like code language. What is he signaling to me? Ethnicity, race, politics, religion, socioeconomic status, social orientation, what? He doesn’t know me well at all and would have to be guessing what my mind is “like.” My guess is that he’s got it wrong, but like any code language it’s slippery and can be hard to grip unless you’re initiated. I’m not initiated.

What does your experience say?

Topics: language, real estate, home buying, exclusivity, code words, like-mindedness