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zipplewrath

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5. Gated Communities

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 14, 2017, 12:42 PM

Sep 2017

Around here we call those "gated communities". Interestingly, various studies have shown that they don't actually increase safety, and to some slight degree may even make things worse.

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Jackson residents win push for public access gates [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP

Walls. tazkcmo Sep 2017 #1

What is a public access gate? zipplewrath Sep 2017 #2

They lock up the neighborhood TexasTowelie Sep 2017 #4

Gated Communities zipplewrath Sep 2017 #5

To me, gated communities mean that someone has things that someone else might want to steal TexasTowelie Sep 2017 #6

Patrolled less by police too zipplewrath Sep 2017 #7

Those who want walls and gates would do well to remember the Maginot line. shraby Sep 2017 #3