neighbour's envy , owner's pride

i remember the ad....the devil spoke neighbour's envy , owner's pride...as a child it was difficult to understand, that how intelligent was the ad campaign....now when i have grown up and dealt with so many housing societies ,i can very well understand what was the ad about....

housing societies are the most uncooperative organization one can come across....in a city like mumbai theres no option but to be a member of some society... and its a fun to attend a meeting of such societies... some will propose and others will oppose....many a times meetings are concluded without any decisions...the sad part of such meetings is lack of applications of brains by most of the members...today i visited one of the hospital, they wanted to cut the slab, doctor was ready to do as per the structural engineer's advice but was helpless in front of society members...
in one of my building redevelopment projects, i find the same problem....noncooperation movement by the members....

i strongly feel that housing societies rules should have more thought on it....