Why Gated?

[Nostromo]

I would like to know why some people insist on 'gated' villa communities. The Orlando/Kissimmee villa communities seem as tranquil and safe as anyplace, certainly a lot better than some of our UK 'estates'. So, unless it is to protect little kids from traffic, I fail to see the logic behing the request.

PS: It may be just me. A gate reminds me of one of those hypothetical squeaky clean 'perfect' communities right out of 'Twilight Zone' where something is lurking beneath the sheen.

[poohbear]

last time we were in florida in the newspaper they were moaning about gated communities, because in an emergency it makes it difficult for the emergency services.to get access.

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

Personally I've never worked it out either - on indeed why anyone would specifically buy on a gated community. I do not think gated communities are any better or worse than non-gated communities.

There are lots of really nice communities out there to suit all tastes - all of them are quiet and safe.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
I would like to know why some people insist on 'gated' villa communities. The Orlando/Kissimmee villa communities seem as tranquil and safe as anyplace, certainly a lot better than some of our UK 'estates'. So, unless it is to protect little kids from traffic, I fail to see the logic behing the request.

PS: It may be just me. A gate reminds me of one of those hypothetical squeaky clean 'perfect' communities right out of 'Twilight Zone' where something is lurking beneath the sheen.
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I'm not a fan of gated...it makes me feel locked in.....and while you are putting in your number people are driving through the gates before you anyway..thats happened a few times we gone through gates with no-one working on them......they are slow to open...sometime they don't open at all...and you're stuck outside......they really are not needed unless you are in an area that is dangerous.....houses in gated get robbed.....mostly because people get careless in gated because they feel over safe.....

We have stayed on both gated and non gated, I think there is a slight increase in security with a gated and they look very pretty, but apart from that??

We were staying on Lindfields once and the villa across the street had an attempt burglary and the burglars had a car - maybe just maybe they would not have try this on a gated community?? The policeman said the burglars know which villas are rental homes as they often don't have mail boxes!!! [msnscared]

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

That's not totally true - not every community has mailboxes - in fact most I know do not have the individual mailboxes.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by lal

We were staying on Lindfields once and the villa across the street had an attempt burglary and the burglars had a car - maybe just maybe they would not have try this on a gated community?? The policeman said the burglars know which villas are rental homes as they often don't have mail boxes!!! [msnscared]
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[E. Cosgrove]

A lot of US homes do not have mail boxes. My BIL lived in Seattle on a very upmarket community, he had to go to the end of the street to collect his mail where there was a central location for mail boxes. It might be because our home is on a community still under development and there is building in the locality but you only have to drive on to the development in the evening or at the weekend and the security car is following you to see what you are up to!![msneek]

[ste1010]

We stopped on Westridge a couple of years ago and the gate was open the whole time anyway.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by floridadreamvilla.co.uk
That's not totally true - not every community has mailboxes - in fact most I know do not have the individual mailboxes.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by lal

We were staying on Lindfields once and the villa across the street had an attempt burglary and the burglars had a car - maybe just maybe they would not have try this on a gated community?? The policeman said the burglars know which villas are rental homes as they often don't have mail boxes!!! [msnscared]
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I was only quoting what the Sherif told me at the time[msnsad]

[Ray&Sarah]

There is a gated community near our villa that had the gates open 24/7 for the whole of the week we were there. Made us wonder why the bothered with the gates in the first place.[msnoo][msnsmile]