GATED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

What is a “gated community” and when does it make sense? Is the environment so unsafe? Or why do you live in a “gated community”? For non-Americans, the term “gated community” initially seems to sound as if the environment is unsafe or dangerous. But don’t worry, it has nothing to do with it, it is just a way of life or way of life.

A “gated community” often offers a golf course, a community pool, tennis courts, bocce courts or a fitness center, sometimes also a club house with a restaurant and so on. So that not everyone can simply use these community facilities, it makes sense to create a way to prevent this. Depending on the equipment of the facility, there are “gated communities” with security guards or simply with gates, for which the residents have a chip in the car or a code.

One can also sometimes refer to such “gated communities” as a “small village” in which one knows one another, plays tennis together or meets for a barbeque or card game. Friendships are often made for life, as most residents either live here all year round or come back to the community again and again during the season, i.e. in winter. Similar to a holiday camp where you meet your friends every summer. Often these “gated communities” also offer “social events”, ie various actions such as exhibitions, dance evenings, painting courses, yoga classes or much more.