In her analysis of gated communities in Buenos Aires, Arizaga talks about the need of many residents of constructing a belonging group and use the residence as a distinction and belonging element. In this sense, Svampa argues that spatial segregation by the confinement in gated communities is one of the strategies developed by the winners, who are those who succeeded in adapted to new work and economic conditions.
Esteban, quien vive en una urbanización cerrada de Mendoza, expresó: "hay muchas familias que se están formando, muchos chicos y el resto, familias, matrimonios grandes que se han venido acá por la seguridad, que quieren bueno, quieren estar acá por el resto de su vida, gente amable, atenta, en lo que me ha tocado a mí, no he tenido ningún problema con los vecinos".