Rich Ghettos: How Is Life In Gated Communities For The Wealthy? | ENDEVR Documentary
Rich Ghettos: How is Life in Gated Communities for the Wealthy? | ENDEVR Documentary
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It’s the new housing trend. Entire private neighborhoods - sometimes spanning several hundreds of hectares and complete with luxury facilities, private schools, and shops - all under extreme security and banned to non-residents.
In gated communities like MacDonald Highlands, residents can dine at private restaurants, play a game of tennis or enjoy a round of golf. They have their own personal trainers on-call, 24/7.
Needless to say, this doesn't come cheap. Just the obligatory gym and club memberships come to over $700 a month. And, in addition to the high maintenance charges, residents are expected to adopt a certain lifestyle and comply with strict regulations. At MacDonald Highlands, among the many rules, it is forbidden for children under 14 to walk around alone. Also banned is the use of skateboards and scooters and making noise after 10pm. Offenses, like not taking down Christmas lights within the required period or having a less-than-immaculate garden, are all punished with a fine.
It used to be that these gated communities were home only to super-rich Americans but now they’re appearing across the globe and are shaping new residences of the future. Over in Marseille, security-conscious real estate owners have petitioned the City Council to erect barriers and close off entire neighborhoods. The first gated community has opened in Sofia, Bulgaria.
But as more and more people take refuge behind walls, will the remaining public space be turned into a giant ghetto?
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It used to be that these gated communities were home only to super-rich Americans but now they’re appearing across the globe and are shaping new residences of the future. Over in Marseille, security-conscious real estate owners have petitioned the City Council to erect barriers and close off entire neighborhoods. The first gated community has opened in Sofia, Bulgaria. But as more and more people take refuge behind walls, will the remaining public space be turned into a giant ghetto? Personally, I think it sounds horrible living in a place everyone is generally a ..well, fill in the blank yourself.
the cash for WALLS and GUARDS would be enough to help the people in lower parts...so it would not be needed...but why be a descent human if you can be a Rich Monster. in the end..u still die...with nothing
Any place you live is horrible because you're there.
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I live in a gated community and I had some cake today. I say let them all eat cake.
I live in a secured apartment complex two blocks away from ASU, I had a battery stolen from my motorcycle and in the three years I've lived here there there has been five homeless people that some how found their way to live in the stair well without getting caught. It has been power washed a few times but still not as clean as when first started. As a person who has been without a home ( not homeless) I never disrespected someone's property or stolen/ robbed them. I believe that if you work hard, are smart with your money, and respect those who deserve it, then you deserve everything that you've worked for!!
Spend 6 million on a house , then you've got people driving around telling you how you have to maintain it or what you get to do with your 6 million dollar purchase . If you got children under 14 , they're trapped in their home because they can't leave their own property unescorted. Born in a bubble , raised in a bubble , then live in a bubble . No wonder rich people have such a distorted sense of reality.
Just imagine how these children will be, if this wealth could be lost somehow. Now they will have to go to a normal community. I can imagine the trauma.
I wish money can buy somethng meaningful, even if it is a honder civic that can drive itself.
exactly right which is why I find these communities just friggin awful. How can you do this to your kids?! I don't get it.
@@mashobane6177 better than growing up blk inthe hood
Unlike poor families with children under 14 that destroy neighborhoods and bring your $650,000 dollar home value down so low that you can't give it away!
A disgruntled former security guard is the most dangerous threat to someone in these communities.
Absolutely. Great point.
Having taken care of the primary Estate for an extreme $$$ individual... it's actually the numerous contractors/sub-contractors/lack of enforcing NDAs/vetting that background checks were done and "Come to Jesus" chats. Privacy. Discretion. Many large compounds require someone to manage the home.
...Or the teenager who wasn't allowed to be him/herself. Or the maid who was trafficked to be there and kept behind closed doors at all times. Or her husband, or, or, or.
I agree!!
@@3orM00Rrecharactersso many friggin ORs 😅
I have lived in one of these places. I also was served meals, three times a day without fail. I had a state sanctioned chauffeur to drive me around to meet high profile Judges. They absolutely wanted to make sure my security detail was top notch and since it was paramount, they gave me jewelry to wear around my arms and ankles..man, those good old days ;) I also changed clothes twice a day, once to orange and then to black and white stripes depending on time. I had a personal lawyer that advised me on legal and financial matters. He too was so generous that he never charged me...After all of these facilities and free stuff, I somehow do not remember my previous residence as a positive and an uplifting place. I guess I'm a ungrateful prick...
This comment is the best in the entire section. But clearly most people don't get it or don't have the patiens to read it.
Brilliant! - @mack_titan you hopped one level above 'sarcasm', and you entered the 'zone'!
i gues if you cant taste the food, and dont care if anyone ask you to leave the swimming pool and you feel like the hollydays in the french riviera are the same as picking up garbage at the roadside, then jail is allmost the same..
@@Hansen710 You can't even troll. You spelled "holiday" as "hollyday" and liked your comment! Picking up trash may be your kinda Holly days, mine aren't.
Sounds like heaven! What, pray, was the downside, if any?
I’ve been very fortunate in my life. Although I didn’t live in a gated community, for many years I lived in an upscale, suburban neighborhood. I was a member of the local country club and we did have a private community pool. Life was much like you see here. We were in segregated bliss. As the years passed, it became suffocating. When you spend so much time around the same people day after day, the dynamics get strange. Jealousies, power games, ego battles, just to name a few. You begin to realize you’re living in a bubble. We had assistants do everything for us. Cook, shop, wash the car, laundry, clean and lots more. This is a subculture of people who get so comfortable being catered to and waited on, they lose the ability to live in the real world. They don’t know how to interact socially outside their insulated circle. We sold our home and left 5 years ago. We moved out to a medium sized city here in Texas. We wonder what took us so long! Life here is much, much better. We’ll never return to our old lives.
Thank god i grew up in Switzerland, a safe (back then) country where rich an poor kids go to the same schools and where theres no need for gated anything.
HA I talk to a multi billionaire about this a few times a week I have to say no you sound crazy at least twice a week lol Good for you! Are you near Dallas?
@@tonyamartin1425we were in Plano, TX but are now happy to call Bastrop, TX our home.
@@ibuprofenPill This is totally random and I've never commented on YT but I have to ask since I almost never see Plano mentioned. Do you mind me asking what community did you live in? I grew up in Highlands of Russel Park and I have friends who grew up in Deerfield North.
@@Blem703we were in Willow Bend.
I used to be a landscape contractor, and hated the gated communities in the mountain towns of AZ and CO. Getting scanned in those entry lines were terrible. The level of distrust was not worth the money. Soft, scared people filled with emptiness and complainers. No true community.
Filled with emptiness. Truer words have never been spoken about rich folks.
a bunch of boring useless earth stompers filled with emptiness.... I know many rich people, none of them are like that. This type of living is definitely preferred by a certain personality type, dead inside, or maybe just retired and without any passion? I dunno, made me feel depressed.
Looks like heaven to me. They want to be around people on their level. Not a bunch of bums with small minds and dreams.
Well you don't have to live like that. They are ok with it so I don't care.
@@jerrymylove1754 I feel sad for you if your "big dreams" take you as far as a gated retirement community in Arizona...
Larry was the biggest laugh in here: Fining people day in and day out but himself saying, "I don´t like being told what to do." 😄
19:30 $50 fine and 3 months to act...oooohhhh how scary for the millionaires 🤨😐
@@miamitten1123 The millionaires don't pay. The maid was fined.
@@LLS710 Don´t know where you got that vibe from him. I actually like Larry. He seemed pretty sane to me. He is just doing his job.
@@catkasimir Fair enough. I was just spring boarding off of other people's aversion to Larry in the comments. In all honesty, I did not watch all of his appearances so I deleted what I wrote about him.
The millionaires who live in these places barely pay the maids,cleaners a living wage..nothing worse than new American money.
The only problem I have with these communities are that they are still letting people out. What works one way should also apply the other way.
oh come on! You know how crime works. We have different classes in our society. Its a game we all play. And don't act like you wouldn't choose this if you were in their position.
$50/Hour for a private trainer is a VERY good deal.
The Walgreens logo gets blurred out but construction contractor gets a clear shot of his driver's license shared online 🙄nice
If I was this wealthy I would just get some land, build my home from the ground up, the hire a security company to watch it, it’s cheaper and I don’t have to worry about nosy neighbors. I don’t like gated communities or any communal living with a whole lot of strict rules, as a introvert, I like my privacy so I build my home like my own little world.
exactly
And you can...to soon find out why you are not rich. You need others of your caliber.
@@Think-dont-believe city should enforce those types of rules. not HOA. We also have a compliance officer drive around every now and again and write tickets for bushes that are too high for drivers to see the other side, or improper parking, that should be common sense and controlled by local governing bodies. To create another body on top of it, and pay it extra on top of our local taxes, is ridiculous.
Hiring a security company yearly is easily 75k plus lol def not cheaper than one of these HOAS
@@andrettransformer depends on the size of your property. If it's just a homestead, all you need is a high fence and security cameras.
Could you imagine the social pressure to conform? Imagine if your lawn isn't just "right", or if your planter tips over? The gossip must be INSANE in these places.
The advantage of such a community is that a person can set up one a community themselves with a few others. You can choose to have very strict of very loose rules.
The same personalities exist at all socioeconomic levels. I hate society.
I grew up in a gated community, and our house was the "ugly" house in the neighborhood. It was all covered in vines, and in a different color of the rest of the houses, so due to this my parents had trouble with other people in the community.
@@Natascha1979not at all 😂
It's actually a flex to just pay the fines and keep living how you want. Basically the same as buying new ripped jeans
I lived in a 5000 sq foot house with 5 bathrooms. It was ridiculously huge for two people. After our daughter went to college we basically lived in three rooms 90% of the time. What on earth would someone do in 10,000sq feet unless they had ten kids.
I live in a 2,800 sq.ft. house and live in the basement 100% of the time. True story 😉
He said 900 sqm across 3 levels so each level is about 3000 square feet that is pretty standard in my poor country (Pakistan) obviously we don't build tripple story buildings but 3000 square feet ground floor and than another 2500 square feet 1st floor so total 5500 square feet is considered pretty normal house here.
I have no wife or kids. I have a chiweenie. I could live in a 1-room cardboard box. We'd be OK with it.
My house 2400 sf, and it's perfect 😊
throw parties
When I lived in California in the 90's there were a lot of apartment complexes for ordinary people that were gated.
Security-wise, most apartment buildings and condos really aren’t any different than a gated community. Either way you cannot get in unless you live there or have permission from someone who does.
Uh, wrong. I lived in a gated condo for years. Uninvited guests were a common problem. There wasn't any on-site security besides cameras and key fobs. Armed gaurds are a whole different thing.
But anybody could get in by tailgating
The are a few in UK. They seem quite ordinary.
Every residence in San Francisco has a security door with key pad. And that was way before all the crime started.
In the middle of the Nevada desert, they've built a green, water-consuming suburbia, with energy-inefficient huge mansions... only in America, horrible
You must hate places like Dubai
Cope
Someone needs to go and touch grass.
@@stereomaster4231some of us wouldn’t want to visit Dubai.
Only in America if you live under a rock 😂
There are some obvious things to appreciate when living within a gated community. I'm starting to see that the positives can also be negatives. For instance, if your only friends are other rich people, what happens if that friend loses their wealth? A better label would be 'activity partner', given that it is very contingent on maintaining said activities. A gated community ensures that everyone within it thinks and acts the same way. You may lose your ability to empathize and understand others who don't live the life that you do. You become closeminded and as luxury becomes your normal, I'm sure that your perception of normal people becomes unappealing altogether.
WOW, THATS PUTTING IT NICELY.
great views
So true never viewed it from the perspective you made! It’s very very sad! 😢
No networking occurs with net worth below your own.
Experience and research show that people who have that much money are most often lacking in empathy regardless of where they live. Think how they got their money....
I lived in a gated community for a a couple of months. It was in a bad neighborhood. The gates were supposed to keep us protected. Well, the gates didn't work. At night, it was unsafe to take trash out or go to the carport. I felt like a prisoner. 😊
Here in denmark it made crime go down with 90 % at one place my friend stayed for som time.
@@MegaDixencool story bro
@@gianni_schicchilol
It's more of a visual deterrent than anything else. Those gates require an amazingly low amount of pressure to force open. You could force most of them open by hand.
Gates alone don’t deter, you need to have someone working the gate 24/7. That requires a lot of money so the vast majority of gated communities out there don’t have manned entrances
That is what happens when public security fails to provide what it promissed, people start taking matters into their own hands and the 1st step is building walls
You couldn't pay me enough to live in a Stepford Community. Thank goodness they're not a thing here. SO creepy.
I thought same .having wierd snotty neighbours isn't my idea of "living the dream"
@@vickythefist7062 Right? Like did any of them have personalities? They all seemed like carbon-copies of each other. And the tennis-playing woman seemed to have no idea that you can have plenty of interesting and fun times with your friends, without dropping a load of money.
Look up ‘Westhaven’ estate in Franklin TN. I’ve read it has Stepford vibes or maybe all of Franklin does.
This is just cope, honestly.
@@drillingig2368 How is that cope, i can see most people would not want to live there, including me, maybe you are just young and still think money means everything.
Born in a bubble , raised in a bubble , then live in a bubble . No wonder rich people have such a distorted sense of reality.
The only thing I have an issue with in this documentary is the council deciding to permanently address the crumbling stone by erecting something larger which will require the students and parents to access a busy and unsafe road on foot. As it relates to everything else, to each his/her own. You have every right to choose what kind of community you want to take up residence where there are other like minded individuals. I have owned in a couple of homes in HOA, non gated, communities and and from personal experience, it is not the best for me. I specifically sought out non HOA homes in very small (7-20 homes) communities and own two that are not on top of each other. I live in one and my daughter lives in the other. I could care less what color the neighbors paint their homes, what kind of blinds they have, etc. We have code enforcement for serious violations and that department is already paid for via property taxes so there's nothing else to pay for. And, yes, they will promptly come out and make contact with violators and follow up/fine if needed.
They want peace and solitude, but then the community has dedicated inspectors nagging about how you decorate your own yard and how you mow your own lawn? That gated community seems more like a fancy nursery home for elderly couples. Even if I would be the richest man in the world I wouldn't live there. I would just build my own home in some small rural town.
I'm at min 25 and all I've seen so far is how wealthy eldery people enjoy their retirement. That is clearly a retierement community. I don't think a 30 year old wealthy person would enjoy that lifestyle. But it looks nice and they keep active and maintain a very social life so I'm sure they're enjoying their retirement. Good for them.
Yeah it’s definitely designed to discourage anyone with children from moving in
Was thinking the same thing
Yeah. I’m not seeing any drawbacks either.
I love the not making noise after 10 PM rule
This is also very common in Mexico for safety issues, and is not only for wealthy people.
Wow😢
Makes sense for Mexico yall got cartel and gangs rampant and a corrupt government that allows it. Here? This so just allowing psychos to openly discriminate and create a hostile environment to live in
Imagine being the aesthetic police and going home everyday knowing your NPC job helps no one.
Even unemployed I do more in a day than thier wasted life. Can't put a price on public service.
serious.
Imagine going home and getting robbed down the street from your home, then getting there to call police and you find out your home was burglarized!!!
Kevin and Karen enforcement.
Lmao most city cops job don't help anyone other then themselves, and I'm sure he actually makes decent money
I feel like the people riding around in the golf cart were the kids that raised their hand in school saying "hey teacher, you forgot to collect the homework". If i had the money to buy this kind of house I'd buy land so I could do whatever I want and have the same privacy.
I live in a community like this here in the Scottsdale, Arizona area. Guess what? I grew up raised by a single mother, expected to be more of a mother to my younger siblings than she was! My straight A’s got me scholarships & Pell grants to Ivy League schools. I worked my rear off & deserve every square foot of my gated home. It is all I have at this point. Quit assuming that every resident is ‘privileged’ and undeserving!
@@davisholman8149 The way you lashed out about something I didn't say and said "its all I have at this point" makes you sound a little bitter. Something you wanna talk about? or need help finding a therapist?
@@davisholman8149agreed he was probably the class clown 🤡 in school and never amounted to anything in life. Probably owns a crappy car. Until he reads this. Then suddenly will have multi million collection of Lamborghini’s. 😂
@austinshipman131 lol yeah weird people that live in places like that no doubt have severe cognitive dissonance and neurotic mannerisms. They live in fear and seek control or to be controlled. Let them stay away from the rest of us all they want. Good riddance. It appears they are all old farts anyway...why would I want to live next to people like that when I can live somewhere with young, diverse, vibrant people who believe in the spirit of collective love?
@@davisholman8149if you live in a community like that in Scottsdale that house is definitely not all you have. And if it is you are not good with money you could have bought rental properties.
Gated communities within the city limits are extremely unfair to the parts of town that aren't closed off because they get all the extra traffic and lack of parking space that the former generate.
France did that by closing off existing streets which was a huge impact on neighborhoods. The US gated communities are generally new development.
"Two beginners who share a few holes and end up getting to know each other" 💀
LOL
Whew, glad I wasn't the only one. Heh, heh...
🤣🤣🤣🤣 ha lol
Getting to know each other VERY personally 😅
I cant even afford to setup a gate within my own mind.
I'm so broke I can't even pay attention!
I have a gate in my mind but can’t afford it 😂
😂
grew up in a gated community and theres alot more crime than the POA or real estate agents will tell you. these communities are prime real-estate for organized crime and human trafficking people live in these communities for 25 years and never know the neighbors when things go missing out of the yard or garage people don't really notice, assaults and rapes are under reported to protect the reputations and businesses of those involved but it happens every holiday weekend.
Shiaaat
Jeffrey Epstein would fit right in
Woaaa good redpill
@@vermont741 Of course he'd fit in because these types of people are his clients and victims.
This is common all over the world.... the flavour and fashion may vary .... Good luck to those who can afford it ... bad behaviour and abuse is everywhere irrespective of wealth and abundance
I grew up in a hoa gated community and hated it. We bought a farmhouse completely renovated in a picturesque village in the countryside. No crime, lovely, thoughtful neighbors, great school district and a great tight knit community. You don’t need gates for a good life. We’ve got golf courses, horseback riding, and a hunting club all very close. Best of all we don’t need an hoa to keep ourselves in check. It’s called having pride in where you live and being respectful. It’s very quiet here. No light pollution either.
8:49 "A list which Billy accesses from his minature computer. But that's not all." This script is hilarious. Like someone found it in a file from 1950 labled "21st Century Tomorrow: Today!"
This is not an old vidoe. The iMac in the vidoe is not old.
that sounds like a title from "Documentary Now!" lol 😂
I thought the same thing
One hour with husband in gym then hitting balls with fruiends what a script 13:14
And let ($20/hour w no benefits) Billy make one mistake and let a guy in. Lol. Adios Billy.
In Ghana, one gated community charges USD 2000 each month for ground and security maintenence, management fees. In Africa. Yet it is highly sought after
Offcourse only logic .. the gap betqeen the very rich and very poor is too big .. the bigger that gap the more gated communities
The hoa stories that come out of Africa are crazy and scary. (Not all, but many are)
That’s the same as rent in San francisco or nearby area but it’s less safe here lol there’s carjacking, homelessness and theft no gated community here for that price.
you will still be murdered when the guards switch sides
I bought 10 acres in a non gated rural development with no HOA. We all happily gated our own properties. And our guards are either canine or holstered.
Yikes. I had no idea things were this bad in my country. It's hard to believe gated communities like this exist and that anyone would want to live in such places.
Don’t be so envious
gated communities are a necessity in some areas. You only need to watch a few ringdoor videos to see why some people would prefer the safety of secure communities
What kind of idiot doesn't want to step over needles, or Dodge prostitutes on the way to work
South Africa is a good example of where gated communities made up for the failure of the government to protect them. There are also the golf estates where the super rich live, but the common middle class had to do it to protect themselves from the lawlessness outside of the gated communities.
"2 beginners who share a few holes"😸😸 Not sure if that's how that was supposed to sound
Damn it you beat me
Yeaaaah, looks more like yeah you can go meet his family.. but she's sleeping over there in that house for her protection, you can go sleep back at you're parents house... I don't care if you are married.. well we did get a golf course. So then nevermind nevermind.. we're building a new place you can meet the parents of the "rushed in to prepare a wedding families over here" weeee, just have to build it first! High five✋
Probably normal in those communities
Doubtful. The people who live in communities like that are way too boring and conservative for that lol. Now middle class retirement communities are a different story lol.
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Being rich is a 24/7 struggle to convince others that you have the money😧😢
great comment. Love it.
Not everyone... there are a lot of incognito rich people you would never identify just by looks... trust me.
@@nychris2258Those people are called wealthy. Rich has to flaunt wealth does not.
@@FletcherFinanceright on the money😂😂
Spoken like a true POOR person.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 congratulations you played ya self *khalid voice
I live in south Florida where these are very common. Personally this lifestyle would bore me to death, and also I wouldn't want my visitors and contractors to have to wait in line to get in. I've worked more than one job making deliveries here, sometimes waiting in line for over an hour with food that I'm delivering getting cold...frankly it's a huge inconsiderate waste of time and a better system should be worked out. Also I was uncomfortable with the privacy issue of my drivers license constantly being scanned by them.
My mom lives in a community like this in FL, but on a smaller scale. The guard gate thing is the most annoying thing in the world. I, am of course, on the list, but you still have to stop and get the piece of paper and all that. She doesn't live in a high crime area or anywhere near to one. No one is coming in there to bother anybody. The whole area that she lives in is for the upper middle class. Therefore, the whole thing is nonsense! To be fair, she wasn't looking for this kind of living, but when we were looking for a rental place for her to downsize to after selling her house, well this place was very nice. She has worked hard her whole life and wanted a little luxury for the next couple of years before she retires and moves out of the country with me and my daughter.
In Bogota Colombia gated communities are pretty common specially in middle class neighborhoods. They are the preferred housing style and don't represent any problem. It has been for decades
The houses in some of the communities are too close together for my liking.
They get a bit lonely I guess
In very premier premium locations homes are closer together in gated communities with groups of amenities close by so you can walk to them from your house. Not in the middle of nowhere that’s cheap with nothing around and surrounded by lower income people driving junk cars.
@@jasonknight5863 you are wrong. They are so tight together because of the greedy developers who subdivide their land into tiny lots to earn as much as possible from those projects. Nobody cares how far you walk to your tennis court when they build those, the only criterion is ROI.
A friend of mine lived in Marseille as part of a student program, teaching at a public school and making little money. Still she had a tiny little one room apartment in a gated community. You can't compare the gated communities in large European cities with what you have in the US I think. The increasingly felt need for closing yourself off in the cities of Europe really concerns me. On the other hand, I cannot stand seeing big beautiful mansions and golf courses in the middle of the desert. But that's for all of Las Vegas. I can't stand this artificial place.
It's a colossal waste of money to build in the dessert. The water that had to be diverted to keep a dry place alive - it's insane. The money that the country could save by living with nature as opposed to trying to control or destroy it could probably reduce the country's debt greatly. I see how older countries have these beautiful structures, houses with character. But the US is filled with duplicate ugly wooden boxes that are easily destroyed. We have the technology to build tires that don't wear down, but money is the dictator here. If you build a tire that lasts, the tire industry (pollution) would fade. We could be putting those old tires into the mix for our roads. The roads would expand and contract with weather changes, so you wouldn't be tearing up the freeway every few years. Like they have done in Canada! America makes no sense! Sent the best jobs out of the country, turn around and call Americans lazy for not having said yanked job. No wonder people are miserable. Grossly underpaid while prices of some items doubled since the pandemic. Since we're getting strong hurricanes and tornadoes, maybe people will finally start learning about monolithic domes, round homes that a FEMA rated to withstand CAT-5 winds. But nooooo, let's keep building squares, a shape not found in nature and definitely not compatible with high winds. They also withstand fire. We wouldn't wanna save trees or houses, would we, because some industries may vanish, oh dear! smfh, this place lol
One of the best jobs around these multi million dollar gated communities is a maintenance man. If you can get in and establish yourself through good reliable work, there is no limit to the amount of money you can make. It is simply amazing what these super rich do with their money.
This is a common practice in some Asian cities like HK. Even the poor communities got similar measures but with smaller scale. This is really an effective and practical way to keep the communities safe with minimum government involvement. Unlike France, the cities are planned and built for this kind of communities with careful design and easy access for guests and visitors.
Paranoia has also reached HK I see. I thoughht this was something American. But tbh, in the US it makes more sense considering how wild and criminal it is. But HK? I never knew it was needed.
Safe from whom? Their renters in the coffin apartments?
One of my neighbors came to our tennis court and started playing with her daughter. I hadn't seen her before so I approached and asked her how it's going. Turns out she was a lottery winner, had no idea what tennis was, and had joined the club because that's what everyone in the gated community did. WHAT!?!??!?!?!??!??!?! I fell in love with tennis since middle school. It seemed crazy to me that she joined because everyone else in the community did. smh.
Safety is an illusion. Wealthy people kill and get killed quite a bit in the US :)
This is why Jesus talks about not being greedy and selfish and bosting, meaning oh look at me look what I got, God doesn't like that, but he does like it when people of the Lord helps people who are in need and doesn't pass judgement off on others and just help because they know it's what God would do, but know this you can have it All one day and before you know it you can lose everything in a blink of an eye, remember that when you look down on someone who doesn't have much. God hears all and sees everything
He also talks about the lazy & ungrateful. I think there are many ppl who help others, but they get the shock of their lives when the very ppl they help steal from them, or put them in place to be robbed or begin to develop a spirit of entitlement. You wouldn't believe how we outside America find them very spoilt and ungrateful ppl. They have so much....what they call nothing we call a lot, thats why when immigrants get there they do veey well
@@forward_ever_ever2595 you have a point, there’s definitely 2 sides to a story… and I grew up poor with a single mother by the way, but I never hated or resented rich people or felt they owed me… I think the best rich people can do if they want to help is teach, share their knowledge, mentor people
@@forward_ever_ever2595immigrants showing little to no sympathy to the people on the poverty lines within this country's system are THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITES OF ALL. Because why couldn't you upgrade within your own country and be successful there is beyond me 🤔 I'm confused.. especially when not ALL immigrants achieve success here.. the real truth is only 1-2 percent of ALL of the USA achieved millionaire status 💯.. NEWSFLASH BUDDY .. 98 PERCENT CAME FROM IMMIGRANTS . true native Americans are almost non existent 🙃
@@eheheh3263for me it's not about hating on the rich, it's that Rich people can be idiots and buy waste of money mansions for millions of dollars thinking their safe.
The maintenance is more stressful in the gated community than remote indigenous community islanders living their best lives tax free..
best lives hahahaha
Portugal here, a huge gated community is being built near us for the super rich. Unfortunately for the snobs, no one can own the beach’s here. What’s a wealthy jerk to do?
you should do a video on the security risks for visitors's information because of the information that these guards are collecting... what do they do with that info and how long is it kept .
"Yea this one is really rusted out" Shows a tiny portion of rust that no one would notice unless literally inspecting the fence lol. If i was rich enough to afford to live in a place like this Id expect them to have a maintenance crew to do it for me without ever involving me beyond giving an estimate and sending a bill. Also other than generating revenue what is the point of a low speed limit if children arent even allowed out?
I don't think there is a gated community here in Japan, except for condominiums. With the economy stagnant for nearly 30 years, there are no superriches to worry about being harmed by the have-nots. Living in a gated community feels flashy and positive like Dubai, but it's a dystopia and I don't like it.
Japan also has no criminal culture. Japanese are honorable and honest people that don't commit burglaries and robberies. Japan is also good about keeping illegal immigrants out.
Except for the recent trend in Japan of Telegram app connected criminal rings burglarizing and sometimes murdering rich elderly people,
@@Tom-qp6oh Japan also doesn't have thousand dollar a month rentals (for a $hit apartment), high healthcare costs, and high transit costs. Also, if everyone is stuck in their offices because of work culture, they don't have time to commit crime.
In America, talented people do business freely and make ridiculous amounts of money. Because taxes and social security costs are low, successful people can make tremendous fortunes. The thirst for success has become the driving force of the American economy, and innovations that cannot be imitated by other countries occur one after another. Japan doesn't have the vitality of the United States, income tax is high, and half of a small amount of property is lost due to inheritance tax, so you can't leave a large amount of property to your children. On the other hand, the gap between rich and poor is smaller than in the United States, and for now, even the poor can receive medical care and social security that will not allow them to die, so society is stable at a low level. Having experienced a terrible destruction of property values 30 years ago, not much immigration, and a declining population, real estate is reasonable and prices have not risen at all until recently. As for which is better, the United States is economically stronger, but I think it would be difficult for mediocre people to live in the United States.
There are gated communities in Japan, mostly in Kanto and Kansai.
Allow me to translate: A) Expanding family = more cat and/or dog, the small kinda dog and not good looking normal dogs. B) Is there a fitness center = my therapist said I need to exercise more. C) Gated community = You are not allowed to deliver packages there and family members are not welcome without RSVP-ing in advanced. However the thieves can walk from the desert side.
not in america, thieves are so fat, they could nt walk half a mile. the "desert side" is probably the safest side in the place......
I live in a gated community and I never thought of it this way...we are part of the problem No matter how hard you want to help and change things now, if the system is build like this, it's going to take long time to open the roads and change what is already developed :( But now I know :D
Don't feel ashamed for who you are and how you live. As long as you are genuinely polite and treat all people with respect and dignity you have every right to live how you choose to and feel good about yourself. Be proud to have the privilege to live such a life.
@@kaarisdeusette407 Well said.
What problem ? I’m about 30 minutes into the video and I’m seeing zero problems thus far.
If I could afford that, I would buy enough acres to start my own community neighborhood. But it would be focused on self-sustaining practices, communal living, and very nature centric. I only envy their travel and freedom from financial ruin.
So either a cult or hippie commune?
@@joelwillems4081 more fun than this culture suck
Check out "the source farm" in St Thomas parish in Jamaica. Self built dome houses focused on sustainable living.
@@joelwillems4081 🤫
@@joelwillems4081 Jonestown?
Nothing new about this if you're familiar with the Alpharetta/John's Creek area north of Atlanta. I use to deliver furniture and we had a delivery to Country Club of the South. The residents of this community were Usher, Whitney, Nalley (car dealer) etc. To top it off we delivered a wicker furniture set to Jeff Foxworthy, he greeted us and gave me and the driver $100 tip.
0:00: 🏰 The trend of gated communities is on the rise, offering luxury and security to residents. 7:54: 🏢 McDonald Highlands is a gated community in Las Vegas known for its security and luxurious amenities. 14:31: 🏢 Living in a gated community with strict rules and high-end amenities. 21:20: 🏢 Gated communities in the US and France offer security and comfort for residents, but also come with strict rules and expenses. 29:33: 🏢 The trend of gated communities is growing worldwide, even in countries like France and Bulgaria. 42:22: 🏢 A couple in Bulgaria have bought their dream apartment in a gated community, enjoying the security and facilities it offers. 49:48: 🏠 A businessman is building a new residence on land he bought 20 kilometers from Sofia, and the project is progressing well. Recap by Tammy AI
There are currently about 20 homes available for sale at MacDonald Highlands. The least expensive will only set you back about $1.6m (5 beds, 4 baths) with the most expensive being $20M (7 beds, 10 baths).
I'm broke but I actually support this, if I was in their shoes I'd want to live in secure community because of peace and quite and security. Shi even when I'm broke I want to live in secure environment even if it's communities
I agree 100%.
when you get money, you start developing taste for some more sophisticated pleasures, like doing what you want with your property, and not being controlled and told what to do with it, like painting your house a certain color, or planting only a certain tree of a certain variety and only 6ft tall... you lose lots of freedom in those cages, and there are some pretty ridiculous requirements in HOAs... I would rather invest in my own security system than live in one of those chicken coops. I own a home in a non-incorporated part of Florida, and though people steal my street signs sometimes, lol, and it always smells like weed, I wouldn't swap it for a manicured community, even with a gym and a tennis court, in exchange for someone telling me what to do with my land.
It's not always where you live to get peace. God also gives you peace as well. Perfect peace whether your living in a rich gated community or not.
@@user-vu5br7sm6hthat's not the topic of this story.
@@user-vu5br7sm6h great fairytale to keep the poor poor.
I live in a gated community in Sarasota FL. I love it. I’m black from Oakland California so I dreamt of living like this growing up. Some rules are annoying yes, but we all have reasons for living where we live. I don’t fault my family and friends that won’t leave the hood, so don’t fault me for living in a gated community. This was a great and accurate report.
I'm from NC. I'm not sure if it's my age(old), the way the video was shot or the narrator, but I like the gated community idea. I think there's a way to do them that doesn't impede others living around them. That's all I worry about. But yes, I would live in one if I could.
@@lisaotj9676 it sux the way life is set up sometimes. I agree with your statement 100%.
So it's either the "hood" or the gated community? How about a modest house in a regular middle-class neighborhood?? I am sure there won't be any crime or intruders at such neighborhoods!! And I know so because I live in one...
@@fuzzyduck1989 Exactly !!!! People think they need to live like celebrities in order to have a nice life. I'd rather spend my money on a nice middle class home in a nice neighborhood that's free of a HOA. Or get some farm land in a rural area.
@@fuzzyduck1989 I didn’t go from the hood to a gated community. I worked my way up and out based on the quality of life I wanted for my family and myself. You are exposed to more opportunities and financial wisdom when your neighbors are investment managers, physicians, entrepreneurs, tech gurus, lawyers etc. you ain’t getting that in the hood or a middle income community. There’s the rich and the working poor now. The middle class is gone.
Gated communities minimizes crimes but doesnt prevent a determined person commit a crime.
This is commonplace in many African cities and has been for decades. They target the middle class to affluent. I grew up in one in Nigeria & I'm in my 40s.
There’s nothing wrong with gated communities, I grew up in the ghetto, so for us it was about safety. When I was 15, my mom moved us into a gated community. I loved it, and we lived across the street from the mall. I miss my apartment, and I can’t wait to move back.
i dnt know why it’s a big deal in the US? super normal in Asia
Gated but its still public area
How big was your mansion? 🤣
@@pv1149 It's not a big deal in the US, some people live in and HOA and some don't, it's a choice. The narrator in these videos is SO OFF on reality the way he explains things it's ridiculous. Also, not all gated communities are for the "ultra rich" here, that's a JOKE lol.
Ahhhhh.
740 per month isn't bad . 300 food and drink included . A lot of apartment building charge more than that .
That’s in addition to your mortgage and bills.
Just like condo fees.
My HOA is 200 per month. No gate. No food/ restaurant. But all my lawn/ shrub/ fence maintenance included. Pool, clubhouse and tennis. And the house is nowhere near 6 M LOL.
@@reneelibby4885 not bad , we get ripped off in Australia .
You take that $740 and roll into some IRA and there is a compound growth. Go see if Warren Buffet is guilible enough to live in a place like that. These gated communities were only built to wring cash out of noveu rich fools.
imagine living your whole life without seeing poverty, what a life.
Crazy to think folks been living like this for decades, some will never get to this point, no matter how hard they work.
I just bought 50 acres and put up my own walls. My land, my rules.
Wow congratulations
Remember that horrific influencer murder case, she lived in a super secure gated compound like this too! Bubbles pop all the time. Sad.
Love this. It's everywhere around the world now.
I live in a community similar to this one, in Las Vegas. The difference is that the community I live in has a mix of income levels and home levels. From starter homes to million dollar homes. Personally, I like living in a guard-gated community and have never had a problem with my HOA.
Years ago we visited a friends parents house in Stuart FL in a gated community. Sounds like yours. As you drive in you see the McManions along one end & they got progressively smaller. It was a winter retreat from NJ weather. They had a beach house too. We couldn’t help but kid her about them being in the low rent district w/a 3 bed 3 bath & no pool 😂
Same
Good for u, you probably snitch on all your neighbors . Then smile in their face. Friends of the HOA is sus like a mothaPhuka
False sense of security........ Keep dreaming!!
expensive starter homes
the woman so happy knowing that shes gonna own that house on her own in a few years
So you were getting those sugar baby vibes as well from the 1st woman? You could tell she was very new to being around money.
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this is such a well made documentary. I cant imagine the works and research being put into it. it is incomparable and unique. I learned a lot and enjoyed watching it. thank you.
Are these comments even real?
@@SubvertTheState I assumed it was the company that made the documentary (and it's click bait sensationalized title LOL)
Most gated communities are upper-middle class and are only moderately guarded, usually condo complexes and with a few amenities like swimming pools and perhaps a tennis court. What is shown here is a real exception.
That family left their Christmas lights up too long. This is an outrage.
Mine are left out all year round
Wow, I am glad they told us that this was high end and that the views are breathtaking. Not sure most would agree!
that view was quite trashy, actually.... probably the worst angle of the city, if you could call a couple of old ugly tall buildings the city 😂
I live near that area (non gated normal house 😅) and there are much better views of red rock national forest. I have a view of the mountains and I find it strange to want a view of the tacky strip.
I think I'll stay in my little house that is only 825 square feet! If I threw a sock in the living room it is as though a tornado hit it! When I open the front door the key goes through the kitchen window! We can all be in separate rooms and still give a group hug!
In South Carolina most gated neighborhoods will ask contractors for license, registration, and proof of insurance for a daily pass, also you pay $15-$25 every day
In most of Europe, we call a place with lots of amenities within walking distance a 'city' or 'town'.
good one ☝🏼
@@ENDEVRDocs thanks!
The children of the adult residents living in that gated community are living a sheltered lifestyle!
jealous much?
@@c_h_ not at all!
Frankly, I can't imagine being a kid not allowed to play outside, ride bikes, use skateboards. The neighborhood is already safe, I'd want my kids to be able to enjoy playing outside since they are ABLE to do it! Seems like they are catering more to older people and empty nesters.
I didn't see any kids it's. a retirement community all those wives are in their 50s
They don’t have to deal with rap music blaring all hours of the day, sagging pants, or the smell of Jheri-Curl. Lucky kids!
That 6 million dollar home looks so hard and nasty-sharp. I hate places that architects had no CHARM in mind. So crass.
Geez didn't realize my birth country is such a you know who here, I have now swapped it with "hometown" and hope people can finally realize that I am not trying to promote it, especially under a video that holds a concerned view over this topic😂: My hometown has gated neighborhood as a default for security reasons. It is so interesting to see a different aspect of this, thanks!
I thought there was no crime in China, at least that's what their TV news says.
"Security reasons"...of course
@@bellaggio1770 Similar to how the US says they commit no war crimes while hunting down invisible weapons of mass destruction. At least China isn't hunting down Julian Assange. US goes on lecturing the whole world about freedom of journalism and here they are...
@@jimmysass What does this have to do with a discussion on local crime causing people to install gated communities to keep their fellow citizens out? If this video was about the different flavors of ice cream would you make the same comment? Please keep it relevant.
@@Nessy-of-the-Lynn I'm not going to hold your hand if you cant keep up with the conversation. Go read and re-read on who I replied to, then re-read it once more because you still probably won't get it, then just give up.
If I had a dime every real-estate agent says "open concept", I'd have $4,310.20
Nothing wrong with this at all, if I paid a mint for a house here, there's no way I would want something going to a wreck next door devaluing what I have. Some of it may be over the top, but the people buying these are older in age and just want a perfect and safe life. They have built up what they have so enjoy it. I mean I couldn't afford to look at the gates, but fair play to them.
I love gated communities that way gets rid of some nasty people .. off the streets behind their gate
The problem with gated communities is not that they are gated but rather it's the mentality. It is not healthy to have a society where the poor, middle class, and upper class can't coalesce in any shape or form. By socially distancing yourself from other people in your society you breed both fear and hatred.
@@SuperbustrIt's basicaly regresing from civil democratic society back into feudalism where the poorest are ruled by despotic lords.
Just about everywhere in Vegas is gated, every apartment, entry-level home community, etc. It's crazy how gated off and unfriendly Vegas is.
Those compulsary minimum charges and monthly fees aren't all that bad. In a community next to mine growing up, the residents paid something north of $30k up front to be a member of the community, and they had to spend $1k/month between the clubhouse bar & food, and the golf proshop located within the clubhouse or they were charged anyway. This was 30 years ago. Adjusted for inflation, I don't know what that would be today.
It looks expensive. those place are actually kind of noisy with all the gardeners
Let it grow
Being rich is ok , nothing wrong, perfectly normal. As long it's honest money. Haha, now that's the tough part
Cope
@@marod5552 ???
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There is no such thing as being rich on "honest money". No rich person (and I'm talking seriously rich) has gotten rich by their own labor, but rather by exploiting the labor of others.
@@dijikstra8 the fact you think any exchange of labour for goods/money is exploitive is wild. this kind of thinking is lead by jealous and angry people who want the money but not able achieve it. be better or don't play the game.
For that Vegas community specifically, I really don’t see what everyone is all up in arms about. These are successful, wealthy people who aren’t bothering anyone and want to live in private areas. I don’t think anyone realizes the benefits of these neighborhoods from an economic perspective. Construction of the houses, clubhouses, pools, tennis courts, fences, golf courses, and so on produce so many jobs and employ thousands and thousands of people. They will also continue to employ thousands in order to maintain the grounds and facilities. That’s money in the pockets of small businesses and their employees.
I live next door to a gated community. Our homes are just as nice... but they won't let us walk/run to their gate when we're exercising. The most hilarious part of it all is that there is active crime in that community. People speeding, hitting their neighbors cars. People's dogs attacking other people and their dogs. People's homes and cars being broken into. It's of course an inside job.
Gated community...false sense of security....if criminals really wanted to get in and do harm...they will...or worse, your neighbor may have money too but doesn't mean they aren't up to criminal behavior.....
@@leannesams3410the rich kids get bored and have to do something to spice up their life
These are common in Brazil for a long time. It's a sign of the wealth inequality.
Same in México
I was just about to say if they have then in Brazil. More of a secure place for ordinary peaple.
They have been in the USA a long time also. This is simply a weekly docuseries for this media group.
Brazil house outrageously bad crime. Of course they have gated communities.
Brazil does not have a Wealth inequality problem, brazil has a Nepotism problem, the people in parliament looks nothing like the average lookin Brazilian.
Kept in mind there are urban concierge versions of this for people like AOC. Private underground parking, shopping and coordinated delivery. Personal shoppers, private cvs pharmacy, and Uber. You can live in Georgetown or Manhattan and never really encounter any local residents that don't some how work for you.
Maybe you can get these services as you say, but in a non car-centric place like Manhattan you cannot avoid local residents unless you never leave your home. When you do go out, even if you are chauffeured everywhere, you will sometimes be - at least briefly - walking on streets and going inside businesses used by the (shudder) public.
Once you've lived in DC a while, you'll understand why this would be necessary to maintain any sense of peace of mind. Sounds like a dream honestly.
@@Sashazur I live in Miami Beach and my secured, full-service building has all this. There is no reason to leave.
This is so inspiring, I really mean it
Sometimes you are better off not living under an HOA or in gated communities. You might end up with a gym and a pool but it is basically a 'residential jail cell" with a lot of regulations and rules that should be regulated and are often equated to gated-fascism.
I find it interesting how Fascism is frequently used as a synonym for "authoritarian". While the Fascist government *was* authoritarian (all Socialist governments are authoritarian by their very nature), Fascism itself is a composite of Socialism and Jingoism. Neither of which would apply to gated communities.
i live in a gated community/apartment and im happy with it. if you live in LA, you'd need a safe place to park your car. i dont mind walking out and opening the gate.
The way I see it, if I feel like I need to live in a gated community to get the safety and services I want, I would be better off living someplace where I can get that safety and those services without the gated part!
Exactly! That's why I live safe at the lake with no gates! One day those gates will be thier prison! Watch for it!
Yeah we're I live gated communities are REALLY rare.. but here we are more equal economically & gender vise.. We don't focus on status as mutch. As long as you are a somewhat clean, nice & honest person people will accept you. But this place is far from the US in every way possible & I'm SO happy about it.. 😅 I could NEVER EVER stand to live anywhere there was an HOA 😅😅😂 f**k no
@@ingridakerblom7577 Where do you live?
And the added expense, hassle, too many people with super inflated egos, etc.
A lot of the people in France lived in their homes for decades & HAD to put up fencing/gates because of increased traffic, crime & safety concerns. They chose installing fencing/gates rather than leave the homes, neighbors & neighborhoods they love. 🏡 It's not about rich VS poor. 🙏🏼💞
Part of being a teenager was to meet up with friends (without annoying parents lol) just to chat, have a laugh, get a girlfriend/boyfriend , maybe make out, kiss and a cuddle. This has denied kids of growing up, probably like a lot of their parents did. When the kids are older they dont know how to approach someone for a dance etc , making them a prisoner in their own home. Yes i get some houses might invite some over for a sleepover, but not the same. So then at school,some might rebel by missing school to have sex or take drugs in some mothers empty home.
I witnessed this happen to a number of kids. They did rebel and many ended up worse off than the poor kids from across the highway. I myself do not know how to socialize well. I even got CPTSD thanks to living in such a community.
With that level of wealth...you are supposed to go to elite boarding schools. Then you just come home for holidays and vacation. Vacation is usually mostly some exotic luxury trip.
It would be nice for the poster to let us know how old these documentaries are...this one was actually filmed in 2018...so it's roughly 5 or so years old...just an FYI to those of you who also noticed the quality of the film and that some of the vehicles are older plus the housing prices almost seem reasonable compared to now.
Wife couldn’t even walk properly in those shoes!
OMG. I notice that. Her gait was really off!
I personally like gated communitys. But i also hate them. 😅 For me I really like the security. It would give me peace of mind knowing that I can travel as needed and not have to be worried.
Yeah go on dream on you got to have money first or win the lotto
I can think of nothing more horrific than living locked in to such a dreadful place with pretentious, shallow people.
How about you home and car vandalized on daily bases, robbed at gun point, living in fear because your kids can't walk on the streets safely etc.
@@AmpoInternational We’ve never had our property vandalised, far less it happening on a daily basis. Our police don’t routinely carry guns and naturally, nobody else does. I’ve never heard of anybody being robbed here, at gunpoint or otherwise. We have never experienced living in fear. Our young daughters are 10 and walk and cycle on our streets perfectly safely, whenever they please. When not at school, they frequently cycle into the city for the day to meet their friends. A couple, who are friends of ours have just given birth and when we go for coffee, the warmly wrapped up little ones are left sleeping in their prams outside the cafe. Where in the Middle East do you live? It sounds as though you need to try living in a civilised country.
My boss used to be a member and resident at Red Rock Country Club, insanely nice neighborhood.