They try to avoid going to the center of the city, it [our apartment] was located in the city center. I used to go out for a drink with the children and walk in the street, and now the kids are not used to walk in the streets anymore... I see people that are afraid of walking in the street as they lost the habit of walking through San Martin Street that was so common for us. Now all seems strange to them, this is a big disadvantage of gated communities... The ability of children to walk in the street as we used to do it Carina.
Esperanza residente de la que es considerada por algunas personas 'la mejor urbanización cerrada de Querétaro' comentó: "Mucha gente vive aquí porque le encanta decir vivo en EC, o sea que me vean el coche, que tenemos un vecino con el Rolls-Royce, el coche de no sé cuánto, el coche de no sé qué, ahí está el terreno pa' [sic] que jueguen sus hijos a un lado y los seis guaruras afuera y es como 'que me vean'.