If walled communities proliferate, I would venture to say that it is because the owners WANT such walls.
Ping for the art group.
Oh, no doubt about it, however, the "coalition of anonymous [aka cowardly] architects, designers and urban planners" just hate being shut out as if they were common riff-raff.
Well, this thread gets to the point that "artists" tend to regard themselves both as free spirits and socialists. Simultaneously. A contradictory position, which in my mind, is brought on by the inhalation of fumes from solvents. Just kidding, but sometimes I can't help but wonder.
I guess there is also the point that, since so many artistic standards have been discarded by 20th century artists, people who really have no skill at all now refer to themselves as artists. A negative result of the concept of art with a capital "A."
Not sure whether to ping you guys to this thread or not, since it isn't strictly art, but will give it a try. Let me know what you think.