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Old 07-07-2022, 06:31 AM
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Default Gates are a marketing tool

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Originally Posted by Bonanza View Post
The solution is to get rid of the gates. YES -- get rid of them! Many would like to believe that they control traffic. Nonsense! The developer put them there to make would-be buyers believe they are buying into a truly gated community. Between the maintenance of the gates, utilities, and salaries for those keystone cops who "man" the gates, it costs well over a million dollars a year. That money could surely be put to better use!
I agree 100%. The gates are nothing more than a marketing tool so TV can appear to be a gated community. They are as artificial as everything else here. A speed bump would work better than the ridiculous gates.