When I was a child, my generation's children had almost the same daily routine all over the country: wake up early, go to a neighborhood school, come back home, watch the series "Carrusel" on the one and only TV channel and go outside to play until the aroma of your mother's cooking wafted through the streets, calling you to dinner. In those days, our parents didn't worry about strangers and unexpected dangers. We were all taught the same rule: never take candy from strangers. This single rule was enough to keep us safe. Shopping was a chore, something that needed to be done, rather than a pleasurable pastime. The stores were close to home, and we knew the owner and his family. Women in the neighborhood spoke of the season's latest fabric and print and all went to the same tailor to have their clothes made while the men discussed either sports or politics. Choice in schools were simple. We all went to the same one. Restaurant night was penned in to the same place, on the same night at the same time every week. Memories were similar. It was the experience that was different. Shopping centers caused a breakdown in this system. First of all, we left the neighborhoods we all knew too well. Our centers had changed and we had a wider zone to move. In the new zone, we had more people to communicate with and more information to store. People had options on where to invest their time, lots of alternatives for garment shopping and new people to meet with new lives to discover. Fashion and entertainment became complicated and something more than a topic for discussion. It became something that required research. It wasn't only human behaviors that changed, cities were transforming. It started getting crowded and structured at an astonishing speed. We can list the reasons as immigration, needs and overcrowding, among others. But after a point places became unrecognizable and lose their spirit. The economic improvements and better living conditions made the people feel that they had to distinguish themselves from those who hadn't transformed. I would compare it with the children's play. They draw a circle around them and don't let anybody enter it. To make this separation significant and acceptable, people invented gated communities. Actually the main reason for choosing to live in a gated community is safety. The primary feature of a gated community is a strong wall and a main entrance thattarget="_blank"'>