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Gated communities cause economic and cultural disparity in three main ways: they symbolize social distinction and protect elite status; they are motivated by fear of outsiders and crime, increasing segregation; and they isolate poorer neighborhoods from resources and weaken social bonds, exacerbating disparities between communities.

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Gated communities cause economic and cultural disparity in three main ways: they symbolize social distinction and protect elite status; they are motivated by fear of outsiders and crime, increasing segregation; and they isolate poorer neighborhoods from resources and weaken social bonds, exacerbating disparities between communities.

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OneishaL.Hughes
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Do gated communities cause economic and cultural disparity?

Do gated communities
cause economic andAgainst
cultural disparity?
For
-Gates provide security and separation for the leisure
activities and services within
-Elite communities, where the gates
symbolize distinction and prestige and
both create and protect a secure
place on the social ladder
-Security zone, where the fear of crime
and outsiders is the foremost
motivation for defensive fortifications

-Metropolitan areas have become


increasingly spatially different and
segregated in terms of race, class,
and land values
-Poor neighbourhoods are
increasingly isolated from
municipal land, labour, and social
markets; weakening the bonds of
mutual responsibility
-Gated communities manifest a
number of tensions

What Do You Think?

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