the.com/gated communities
paradise with a guardhouse and a keypad for the price of admission.
means a residential area walled off and access-controlled, selling safety and status while quietly zoning out the uninvited.
from traces to walled cities and elite english estates, but exploded in 1980s america as suburban anxiety, white flight, and hoa culture fused into a lifestyle product.
us scaleover 10 million households live behind gates.
crime datastudies show gates barely reduce crime rates.
trevon martin casehappened inside a gated florida community.
global spreadbooming in china, brazil, and south africa alike.