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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
What’s the point of the gated neighborhood?
They seem to be growing fast in Gwinnett. What impact do they have on children?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I am seeing more and more gated communities in Gwinnett County, and they are just making me crazy.
What is the point of the gated community? I don’t think we live in that bad of an area where they need it for protection.
I think it’s purely about creating a feeling of exclusivity and trying to point out that a neighborhood is expensive. But, hey we get that already. The houses are big - we can see that without a gate on the road. And guess what — the sign out front tells us exactly how much you’re paying for the house. So we don’t actually need the gate to tell us the neighborhood is expensive.
There are lots of big houses in Gwinnett but somehow adding the gate just seems obnoxious.
Would you live in a gated community? Why do you think they are gated? What message does it send to children? Do you think the kids on the school bus perceive the children or the gated neighborhood differently than other neighborhoods? Is it any different than just living in a big house without a gate?
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