Are you talking about these? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_housing_estates_in_Hong_Kong …
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No I mean developments of mostly low-rise buildings which have a security gate at the entrance (easily located w street view bc the Google van is denied entrance)
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One example can be found near the Shenzhen border, closer to the western end
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Wikip calls it unusual in HK. I haven't live there for decades but I can't remember seeing anything like it.
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Gated communities = Anglo influence?
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are they particularly common in England tho? meanwhile they're all over Latin America from what I've heard
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I know rich Mexican communities have them bc the poor ones are right next door lol
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yeah, and I'm guessing there's some similar dynamic in China, which is apparently absent in Japan
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Like so many things, Xi is banning them.http://time.com/4233483/china-gated-community-middle-class/ …
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Good need to ban em in The uS
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They exist in the wealthier cities of China but you have to go right into the outskirts to find them. Unless you count lilongs and hutongs as gated communities.
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