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Are Gated Communities Really Safer?

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: robert ansley
14 October 2005 - 8:00am

Study finds gated communities are not much more secure than ungated subdivisions.

"In Central Florida, where gated communities have grown by the hundreds in the past decade, crime rates in ungated subdivisions are often as low as those in their gated neighbors...
Residential burglaries and stolen cars were reported at nearly the same rate in gated and ungated neighborhoods -- five burglaries per 100 homes and one stolen car per 100 homes."

Full Story: Gates May Not Always Guarantee Greater Security
Source: The Orlando Sentinel, October 14, 2005
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