More on Gated Communities

One of my colleagues sent me this article from the Montgomery Advertiser. She was pointing out how obvious the problems are with it, and how we don't even have to work anymore to see all of the underlying implications of class (and, in this case, race).

I've always hated gated communities. We lived in one once, and I hated it even though it was a great apartment. Now I find myself wondering why are we becoming more and more obsessed with exclusivity. Has it always been this way and I am just now noticing? God forbid someone who can't afford a house be able to walk by it.