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We Have A Lot Of No Go Zones In US. They Are Called Gated Communities. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jan 2015 OP
WE also have Sunset Towns. Downwinder Jan 2015 #1
You mean trespassing? You'll probably get the cops called on you. So what? nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #2
My Experience BSS Jul 2015 #17
Some are gated cities aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #3
This is where the original Housewives of OC started rufus dog Jan 2015 #5
My feelings exactly. n/t FSogol Jan 2015 #6
Gated communities Coventina Jan 2015 #4
Coto takes it to a new level rufus dog Jan 2015 #7
Gated communities are snobbery, pure and simple. They try to bleat about "security" and what-not Coventina Jan 2015 #9
Who won the lawsuit?? cstanleytech Jan 2015 #11
If it is a gated community with private streets pennylane100 Jan 2015 #12
As far as I know they do , they fix the roads , hire plow trucks when it snows etc.. glasshouses Jan 2015 #14
Nailed! freshwest Jan 2015 #8
Whatever you do . . . OldRedneck Jan 2015 #10
You don't see that many in the North but the South is filled with them glasshouses Jan 2015 #13
The most segregated ethnic group in the US? Behind the Aegis Jan 2015 #15
I don't get the appeal. Feron Jan 2015 #16
They are popular in parts of Europe as well. nt MADem Jul 2015 #18

BSS

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17. My Experience
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 02:40 AM
Jul 2015

I snuck in there about 3 years ago or so. Me and my friend narrowly got past the gate guards. But what we didn't know is that there are cameras surrounding the whole gate line. Well I guess we were spotted because within 30 seconds, we had 4-5 unmarked white and black cars searching for us. After we got away(10 minutes later) we spent about 2 or 3 hours walking down random streets checking out all the houses. Very cool, but felt a little "secret-society-ish." We eventually left without getting caught at all. They do not want people in there.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
3. Some are gated cities
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:05 PM
Jan 2015

like Coto de Caza (pop. 15,000) in Orange County, California. I once tried to get in there and was treated like a foreigner at an international border. It's supposedly where Justin Bieber or whatever the fuck his name is lives now.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
5. This is where the original Housewives of OC started
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:31 PM
Jan 2015

A fucking CLASSIC place. Brother in Law and Sister in Law live there. I always joke that I am elated that we have gated communities, because if something big goes down we can block the gates and keep all of the crazy assholes locked inside.

Coventina

(26,844 posts)
4. Gated communities
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:30 PM
Jan 2015


If I'm not good enough to drive down your street, then you're not good enough for my taxes to help pay for your streets, sewers, fire, police & rescue.
 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
7. Coto takes it to a new level
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:37 PM
Jan 2015

About 15 years ago they got all pissy and sued the Little League organization just outside the gates. The offense? Rancho Santa Margarita, the city just outside of the community, wouldn't let the kids in Coto play in their league. The reason? Coto asked to be included and RSM said fine, but we are short fields to cover all of the new kids. Coto had a baseball field but refused to let the RSM residents in to play and then were fucking pissed off when RSM said we don't have the facilities to cover your kids without you opening up your field for league use.

Coventina

(26,844 posts)
9. Gated communities are snobbery, pure and simple. They try to bleat about "security" and what-not
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:39 PM
Jan 2015

but everyone knows it's really about being exclusive, in every sense of the word.

pennylane100

(3,425 posts)
12. If it is a gated community with private streets
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 01:46 AM
Jan 2015

the community should be paying their own money to pay for streets. If they are not, they cannot bar the public from using them. We live in a HOA community but the streets are owned by the city. I am not sure about the sewers, we pay our own and of course the cops patrol the streets. They often sit in side streets to see if people are running the stop signs, very annoying.

We also have a private security company but they have no real power because they cannot pull people over on a public road.

Feron

(2,063 posts)
16. I don't get the appeal.
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 08:52 AM
Jan 2015

It's a hassle with only the illusion of security. A dog would be a much better security investment.

Plus to me it's like living in a community jail. No thank you.

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