gated community
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I know a recently widowed 85-year-old who liked living in a gated community in South Florida for residents 55 and up.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
In mid-February, a trust bought a 5,000-square-foot home listed for $2.4 million in a gated community in Denton County, according to the appraisal district and the seller’s real estate agent.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Prominent West Virginians like Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and former Intuit CEO Brad Smith own homes in a luxury gated community on resort grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Then he got married and, in the late ’80s, moved to Coto de Caza, a gated community that boasts million-dollar estates and is nestled in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
“You live in a mansion in a gated community and go to an expensive private school. What are the chances that we would ever have met?”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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