Pardon me if this is the wrong section, still trying to learn forum etiquette...
I've been hiking private properties, state parks and national parks since I was a teenager. Weather and nature I'm used to. Running into people, in my experience, on trails has never been an issue. It's usually just a courtesy exchange while walking past.
I've never dealt with "community" shelters.
I don't want to socialize or sit around the campfire and sing "kumbaya".
Don't get me wrong, I'm respectful by nature, I'm from the South my first word were "Yes Ma'am and Yes Sir". And I'm tolerant of people who just need to speak, to a point.
But if I end up in a camping spot and I pick the furthest corner and get set up and start a campfire, do I have to share it?
I know it's a free country, I don't own any of it.
But I'm out there to get away from the world and society, to "hike my own hike".
Social Convention is not on my list !

Thanks!