Gated Communities Becoming More Popular

According to Census data, more people from all income levels are retreating behind gates, walls and fences.

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December 16, 2002, 7:00 AM PST

"In cities and suburbs from New York to Los Angeles, wealthy homeowners no longer are the only ones retreating behind gates. The desire to lock out the outside world cuts across all income groups, according to the first Census Bureau survey to measure how many Americans live in walled or gated communities. "It's spreading to the middle class," says Ed Blakely, co-author of Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States and the dean of the Milano Graduate School at New School University in New York. About 40% of new homes in California are behind walls, he says. Most subdivisions approved by Palm Beach County, Fla., in the past five years are gated."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Gated communities more popular, and not just for the rich

Sunday, December 15, 2002 in USA Today

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