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“In the twenty-first century, the visions of J.C. Nichols and Walt Disney have come full circle and joined. “Neighborhoods” are increasingly “developments,” corporate theme parks. But corporations aren’t interested in the messy ebb and flow of humanity. They want stability and predictable rates of return. And although racial discrimination is no longer a stated policy for real estate brokers and developers, racial and social homogeneity are still firmly embedded in America’s collective idea of stability; that’s what our new landlords are thinking even if they are not saying it.”

Community Diversity Integration Friendships Gentrification Gated Communities Housing Discrimination Cross Racial

Book:Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America

Source: Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America

“Sure, integrating schools may sound benign. But whats the use of living in a gated community if my kids go to school and get poor all over them?”

Ifs May Use Kids School Sound Community Poor Integrating Benign Gated Communities

Author:Stephen Colbert

“The leaders of these moments know full well they're never gonna live next to these newly arriving immigrants. They're gonna live in gated communities. They're gonna continue to be rich.”

Knows Wells Moments Next Community Leader Rich Immigrants Arriving Gated Communities

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“In the case of [Donald] Trump, he was able to tell people that elites live in gated communities, where they have walls around their home.”

People Home Able Community Cases Wall Trump Elites Gated Communities

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

“It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.”

People Ifs Want Children Community Dinner My Children Chef Shocked Tempting Nannies Gated Communities

Author:Kate Winslet

“In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles where I come from. So that wealthy people in much of the world are insulated from the consequences of their actions.”

People World Action Water Community Cases Rich Drink Consequence Los Angeles Wealthy Rich People Bottled Water Gated Communities

Author:Jared Diamond

“There comes a point when you need to get over the fear and get on with your life, and a lot of people don’t seem to be capable of that anymore. From blood tests to gated communities, we have embraced the cult of fear, and now we don’t seem to know how to put it back where it belongs.”

People Knows Needs Seems Community Know How Blood Capable Tests Cult Get Over Blood Tests Gated Communities

Author:Mira Grant

“We urgently need to bring to our communities the limitless capacity to love, serve, and create for and with each other. We urgently need to bring the neighbor back into our hoods, not only in our inner cities but also in our suburbs, our gated communities, on Main Street and Wall Street, and on Ivy League campuses.”

Source: The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

“America has given me everything Australia couldn't. I grew up on a dairy farm. Now I live in Isleworth, a gated community in Orlando with Tiger Woods down the street.”

America Given Community Streets Grew Grew Up Woods Australia Farms Tigers Dairy Orlando Gated Communities

Author:Stuart Appleby

“Nature-the sublime, the harsh, and the beautiful-offers something that the street or gated community or computer game cannot. Nature presents the young with something so much greater than they are; it offers an environment where they can easily contemplate infinity and eternity.”

Beautiful Young Games Nature Community Environment Greater Streets Offers Computer Eternity Infinity Contemplating Harsh Sublime Computer Games Gated Communities

Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder