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sylens
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gated or non
We live in a NON gated Mexican community with a baja dog that adopted us (we moved into the house she considered hers) providing the best security
imaginable.
Check out Loma Dorada, just south of Ensenada behind the General Hospital on Rte 1 (Transpeninsular) heading south out of town. And as mentioned
above, do your own searching--realtors have only their best interests in mind. You will know when you find the neighborhood for you.
Lili
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jrbaja
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I was just informed
by the gringo gazootte that our neighborhood has been having a theft problem, three new security guards have been hired and an electric gate was put
in. 
Funny how living here, I haven't seen or heard any of this nonsense.
One thing about the gazoot, they are consistent!
Note, if you leave them in the sun for a week, you can then use them to start fires.
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MrBillM
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Gated Insecurity
Dave makes a good point regarding the lack of security often found in gated communities.
When I worked with GTE in Palm Springs, 90 % of the gated communities did not actually have a guard at the gate, but mostly relied on automatic gates
with code keypads or cards. During the Summer when other activity was slow, I would do facility audits at those locations among others. To gain
access, I would simply call up one of the residents, tell them it was the phone company and they'd let me in. Once in awhile I'd have to go through
two or three residents, but I always got in. If no one is watching the Chicken Coop, the fox will get in.
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Packoderm
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" I would imagine that the pros and cons of a gated community would (be) roughly of the same nature on either side of the border. I personally
couldn't imagine myself living in a gated community."
Meno, I don't get what you mean. I was just saying that a gated community is a gated community. I would rather live without the walls and gates. If
and when I get my place in Baja, I would rather choose a different town rather than have to live gated in. For me, the cons would outweigh the pros.
That's all.
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Packoderm
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Professionals and con-artists?
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pokey
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the insane running the insane asylum?
Keep Mexico weird
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modhatter
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Pokey
Those are newspapers you mentioned? (El Mexicano, El Vigia or Insta Tips. ) Where might I find those papers? Are tjeu local to that area?
Sonja
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pokey
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Yep they are all local papers. There are others but those are the ones I buy daily. Insta tips is kinda like a glossy penny saver, all ads. The
papers can be bought almost anywhere in BCN.
Keep Mexico weird
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