In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly-controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Gated communities usually consist of small residential streets and include various shared amenities. For smaller communities this may be only a park or other common area. For larger communities, it may be possible for residents to stay within the community for most day-to-day activities. Gated communities are a type of common interest development, but are distinct from intentional communities.
Given that gated communities are spatially a type of enclave, Setha M. Low, among other anthropologists, has argued that they have a negative effect on the overall social capital of the broader community outside the gated community.
Some gated communities, usually called guard-gated communities, are staffed by private security guards and are often home to high-value properties, and/or are set up as retirement villages. Some gated communities are secure enough to resemble fortresses and are intended as such.
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What gated communities are like
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SPIEGEL TV - Deutschlands erste "gated community"
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This gated community is lush despite California drought
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Take a driving tour of the gated community of Fremont Place in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles.
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Narrator: And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry,
the part of the show where Larry comes out and sings a
Silly Song.
Some off-screen singer: There once was a boy
Who lived in a house
And the house sat under a tree
By the tree ran a fence that stretched far and wide
Round the gated community
Larry: Can I have my ball?
Can you get my ball?
I kicked it into the tree
And my ball bounced up
And my ball dropped in
To the Gated Community
Community folk: Oh! The Gated Community
Is where we like to be
Everything's so lovely
Oh, our hearts are filled with glee
And when you come to visit
You can stand outside and see
What a lovely bunch we are
In our gated unity!
Larry: Um...
Can I have my ball?
Can you get my ball?
I kicked it into the tree
And my ball bounced up
And my ball dropped in
To the Gated Community
Community folk: Oh! The Gated Community
Is where we like to be
Our clothes are never dirty
And the lawns are always green
And when you come to visit
You can stand outside and see
What a tidy bunch we are
In our gated unity!
The Gated Community
We think you will agree
Is pleasantly devoid
Of unsightly stray debris
Garbage man: Free, free of debris!
Community folk: The Gated Community
Is where we'll always be
Our smiles are white
Cause we're inside
In comfy custody
And when you come to visit
You can stand outside and see...
Community fellow (to garbage man): Come on, you stand
outside...
Community folks: What a smiling bunch we are
In our gated unity!
Larry: Can I have my ball?
Can you get my ball?
Community folks: Oh, the Gated Community
Is where we like to be
Larry: I kicked it into the tree
Community folks: Our lives are made perfect
By a hefty entrance fee
Larry: And my ball bounced up
And my ball dropped in
Community folk: And when you come to visit
You can stand outside and see
Larry: To the gated commu--
Community folk: What a lovely bunch we are
Larry: To the gated commu--
Community folk: What a happy bunch we are
Folks and Larry: To the Gated Community!
Narrator: This has been Silly Songs with Larry.
Community fellow: Oh, look! A ball!
Narrator: Tune in next time to hear Larry say:
*Bonk!*