Unless a gated community has a guard on duty all the time, 24 hours a day, then to be honest you might as well be in a non-gated community as so many people have access to the gate code that it gives very little security - and you only have to drive behind someone to get in through the gates anyway. Lets face it, everyone from the trash collection to the pizza delivery guy has to access these homes.

We went to visit someone on a gated community recently and the code we had been given wouldn't work so the guy behind got out of his car and very helpfully put in the correct code for us! [msnwink]

Orlando is, in the main, very safe, and there are some lovely communities available, both gated and non-gated so really it is a matter of deciding what is important to you and then looking to see what is available.

I would certainly not restrict my choice to purely gated communities, as you will be missing out on some beautiful homes.

Have fun choosing!