‘Utopian’ Neighbourhoods

Gated communities in America

Florida, USA

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Advantages• Security?• Community• Affluence

Disadvantages:• Social segregation• Wealth divide

• Assumption of safety• Lack of access

One major disadvantage: Hysteria

Trayvon Martin, 17, was shot & killed in Twin Lakes Gated Community as he walked to the milk bar to buy Skittles for his younger brother.