Why Your Gated Community May Not Be the Bastion of Safety You Think It Is

Posted by Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy as Random Musings, Real Estate

Conversation overheard today in Starbucks:

Man on cell phone: “blah blah, yes the car is still available. Yep, that’s the correct address. The gate code is 4375 pound sign. OK, see you then.”

Man’s apparent wife: “You just gave a complete stranger the gate access code.”

Man: “So. Everyone from the pizza guy to the florist to all the friends of the insane teenager next door has it. Hell, 90% of the traffic in the neighborhood just follow someone else in.”

Apparent wife: “Yeah, that’s all true.”

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4 Responses

Dining Room Set

April 25th, 2008 at 8:13 am
1

Why does that conversation sound so familiar? What a knack you have of picking up very ordinary things and getting one to think!
Tucson Michael

April 25th, 2008 at 9:03 am
2

In my gated community it seems the same way anyone who wants in “can” get in through a number of different ways most typically following another person right through the gate.
Rod Rebello

April 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
3

There was a drive about 3 years ago to gate our neighborhood which was voted down. Besides the cost, the argument was that it’s a false sense of security. You helped prove that point.
Chris Shouse

April 25th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
4

Funny sometimes in our MLS an agent will say, gate code not available just follow someone in to show the house. Gated communities definatly do not afford any more safety than any other community.