I happened upon this site and am glad to see a place to express views with having to go to chat rooms. I live in a gated community in New England and feel completely safe. Guests and service providers (even the mail carrier is screen daily) have to be cleared through the guard stand before entrance. This is usually done by phone or intercom. Even the residents are cleared upon arrival. I do feel safe here. We have no undesirables strolling the streets, no strange cars, no breakins or crime. New residents are thoroughly screened before they can live here which I do appreciate. This does help keep out undesirables and those who do not fit in with our chosen lifestyle. I am not in favor of gating and confining those persons living in poor housing projects. Their economic situations keep them restricted enough. It would really do them an injustice to fence them in.