Best Place in Folder Hirearchy to Store Shared Referenced Aperture Picture Folder?

Hi,
I'd like to use Aperture in "referenced" mode for my photos (I'm user1). I'd also like the other user of my mac (user2) to be able to use this folder to see photos. What would be the best place in the OSX folder hierarchy to create this share?
should it simply be in /users/user1/sharedPhotos or should it be somewhere above the "users" directory?
Thank you.

This is a two part answer:
1) The /Users/Shared folder is intended for this purpose. E.g. you could create a folder under /Users/Shared/Pictures/ as an example location.
After creating the folder, select it, right click and do a "Get Info". Check that in the "Sharing & Permissions" section of the info window that you add the other user as having the ability to "read & write" (or change the permission on "everyone" to "read & write")
HOWEVER... this may not have the results you were expecting.
When using "referenced" masters, the only thing in that folder will be the "master" images... these are sort of like digital negatives. Aperture never actually changes a "master" image.
That means that if you start making adjustments, the other user will NOT be able to see those adjustments because all of Aperture's data is really stored inside the Aperture library. Your project & folder hierarchy, your list of slideshows, light tables, books, etc; every adjustment you've made to an image; image rankings, keyword tagging, etc. etc. all of that would be in your Aperture library and not visible to the other user (and likewise none of their changes would be visible to you.)
I do not think this is what you want.
2) SO INSTEAD, use "managed" masters (when you do an import, select the option to "Store Files: Inside the Aperture Library") and then move the entire Aperture Library to the /Users/Shared/Pictures folder and make sure both users have "read & write" access.
The only catch is that if you use "Fast Users Switching" on the Mac, make sure you quit Aperture before switching to the other user account and starting Aperture (do not allow both user accounts to keep Aperture running at the same time.)

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