[UA] America by Prime Time (was Greetings)

[Timothy Ferguson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu [mailto:ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu]On
> Behalf Of James O'Rance
> Sent: Friday, 18 May 2001 4:14 AM
> To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> Subject: Re: [UA] America by Prime Time (was Greetings)
>
>
> "Bailey Watts" <didi_mau at hotmail.com> said:
>
>  >>>As a curiosity, do you have what Americans call "gated
> communities" over
> in Oz?<<<
>
> There just isn't the high incidence of violence to make a fortress-style
> community attractive to many people. As the gap between the rich and the
> poor widens here, though, it may happen.

We have one here in Townsville, yes.  When you think about it, a lot of the
elderly villages like the local Masonic homes also follow the model.


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