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A new twist on gated communities

The Asheville Citizen-Times editorially supports a proposal to turn two public housing developments into gated communities. The impetus is not snooty residents; it's the threat of criminal intruders.

"If it reduces crime and doesn’t infringe on the rights of the residents," the newspaper editorializes in support of a trial run with gates, "it is an initiative that would be worth continuing."

Certainly sounds more compelling a case than that Georgia town that built a gated community within a gated community.

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come? said:

Instead of "Escape from New York", "Escape from Asheville" coming soon to a theatre near you.

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