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Old 09-04-2014, 08:03 AM
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Although the official reason for the gates is "traffic control", I think the main reason is to give the impression of a gated community. It helps higher house sale prices and volume. If TV ever is built out, I wonder if enough people will see that the gates are not worth keeping. I suspect equal "security" could be maintained by low maintainance speed bumps and cameras.
Just imagine how dangerous it would be and what the traffic would be like without the gates. Anyone that buys here and didn't know that this was not a gated community didn't do their homework or was misled by a realtor.