# locals only (closed)

*Ordinarily means:* a place or amenity reserved for people who live nearby, excluding visitors

A collective self that narrows its boundary to those from its own place, closing the place to others who come in.

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective-self.shared), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [local](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-local.spatial), [close](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-close.spatial), [come](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-come.arrive), [narrow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-narrow.spatial), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities)

**Through:** The boundary of the group and the boundary of a place are made the same, so crossing into the place without being from it reads as crossing a wall.

**Novel properties:**
- group edge fixed to a place edge
- use of a place kept for those from it

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-locals-only.closed*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-locals-only.closed.json*  
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