"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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It's kind of laughable for a community to present itself as "gated,"
when the gate is wide open and there are no uniformed guards.

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The one we were in consisted of 1,000 acres total. There were fences
surrounding the developed areas with manned gates at the vehicle
entrance/exit points but I doubt the entire 1,000 acres was surrounded
by a fence. In fact, I am sure it was not. People on foot could
theoretically gain access but the place was built out in the middle
of nowhere, surrounded by swamps, alligators, snakes who knows what.
We never had any unexpected visitors.

The regular town police rarely entered either. The only time I recall
ever seeing the Jupiter police department inside the community was at
my son's wedding. We had a pretty loud and well attended outdoor
party going on that lasted a little later at night than it should
have. It was understandable since it was on a Thursday night of all
times. They came out twice. The first time they asked me to get
the music turned down a bit and also asked me what time it would end.
I told them it would be over by 10 pm. I couldn't get the band to
stop though. By 10:30 the police came back and told me that if it
didn't end *now* the bride and groom would spend their first married
night in jail (along with me). I went back, found the circuit
breakers for all the amps, etc., and tripped them. Fun night
though.