Gated communities are guarded, usually privately managed residential complexes that promise security and protection due to their structural characteristics. “A society formed by a minority that exists in a country alongside the society of the majority”—parallel societies. Security and comfort are the expectations, but the existence of these housing estates often makes social differences more visible than without them. Social and political demarcation does not only take place visibly through fences and walls, but is also an expression of social developments, which have now been manifested in concrete and steel. How future-proof are these housing models in a society in which the gap between rich and poor is widening? Is the emergence of parallel societies part of the solution or part of the problem? If public space is privatized and access is only granted if the wallet has the appropriate contents, prosperity becomes an island.