Given that gated communities are spatially a type of enclave, Setha M. Low, an anthropologist, has argued that they have a negative effect on the net social capital of the broader community outside the gated community.
Eftersom at gatede communities udgør en slags fysiske enklaver, så har Setha M. Low, som en af flere antropologer, argumenteret for at gatede communities har en negativ indflydelse på den sociale kapital i det bredere lokalsamfund udenfor det gatede community.