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In what way is Point Roberts a "gated community"? I'm a Canadian who has visited there many times; there are no restrictions that are peculiar to entering Pt. Bob. If you have the right to enter any part of the US, you have the right to enter Pt. Bob, regardless of race, class, etc. If Pt. Bob is a "gated community" simply because it has border guards, then the entire USA (or any nation in the world) could also be called a gated community. Pt. Bob is more properly known as an "exclave"; it is not the only US exclave, and the US is not the only country which has exclaves (so do Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy).
I really don't understand what the big deal is about a so-called "gated community." They've been around for a long time. Military bases are good examples of a gated community.
- You need to read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (both of which are available at public libraries throughout North America). They are both cogent critiques of gated communities as inherently incompatible with a modern democratic nation-state; that is, they both attack gated communities as representing a partial return to the old concept of feudal city-states. --Coolcaesar 17:20, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Imho, (1) they are very much like oops military bases, or prison camps and (2) they are also an example of why "private governances" fail.Jance 02:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Many times in the suburbs, gated communities are complexes of apartments or town houses. I wish the article mentioned something about this, but I don't know where to put it. --Sean 04:20, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
There is a strange reference to the increase of crime outside the gated community -- due to existence of the gated community. Maybe the author means that the crime does not penetrate the gated community, but happens outside instead? Well, then the solution is to create gated communities everywhere, and thus all crime is concentrate on few "ungated" spots -- and then finally, suddenly, the police will be able to find the criminals. Crime problem solved :))
[edit] Continental Europe?
What about continental Europe? (not mentioned yet) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.164.248.150 (talk) 09:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
- The countries given are examples, not a comprehensive list —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.193.96 (talk) 15:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
