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This is a terrible idea for a multitude of reasons.

A: dozens of cars are tons of money, unless you plan on stealing them which is incredibly shitty to do and it's exponentially risky

B: tow trucks exist, they'll just move shit out of the way after a few hours

Finally why would you want to do this?

Most gated communities aren't actually wealthy so you're attacking the upper middle class at most.

Actually rich people don't live in neighborhoods without guards so if you do try this against some 1%ers you'll probably just end up slotted.

Just be sure not to mess with any electronics boards. Sourcing replacement boards for old proprietary hardware can be a huge pain, and they would have to leave the gate open while they wait for a new board to arrive and get installed.

That sounds uncomfortable, to the kind of person who needs a gate between them and society to feel secure.

Probably not much harder than to trap them inside a gay bar yet we feel differently about these two cases and that should make one pause and think for a moment about the quality of their thoughts.

An old buddy of mine commented once on the amount if minor havoc you could wreak with a handful of chain bike locks. Cheap, wrap around some door handles and lock, walk away. Yeah, somebody can bust out a bolt cutter, but for the amount of challenge to remove it, the low cost per use, and the speed of application, it's pretty impressive for minor mischief.

Relatively harmless, too, as long as you aren't doing any additional nefarious shit. Might work for some gated community gates.

I mean... depends on how long you are looking to keep them in. Assuming the community is half way wealthy (which, kind of is normal), then cops and tow trucks would be pretty quick to respond, and well, blocking it with cars etc... would seem prohibitively expensive and legally troublesome (as there's no way in hell it's not getting traced to you).

I'd agree with the concept, sabatoging the gate mechanism with a chain, or vandalizing the electronics would likely accomplish a similar goal, without abandoning an expensive vehicle that is easy to trace back to you. (which again, even in the best of scenarios is likely only inconveniencing the residents for a few hours).

It's a funny coincidence of history that gated communities for the well off folks in capitalism and mass housing for the not well off in communism follow the same design principle: few access points that can be controlled by a single tank each.

They would leave through the service entrance.

The more well off ones usually have a connected airport and “fuck-you-money” level security. As someone else mentioned, helicopters are an option, or perhaps boat if they’re by a waterway.

So congratulations, you’ve trapped the community doctors and lawyers, maybe a very well off Grammy or two with limited faculties, but you’ve set off the alarm bells to the true predators of society, who’ve now made it to Madagascar and shut down the ports.

The first crash is going to get the cops called, so I doubt you are going to be able to crash dozens of cars unless you're doing it all at once.

Better to get your CDL and park a tractor-trailer and kill the air brakes.

Some years ago I lived next to a weird subdivision neighborhood, with the looping streets and what not. Not a gated community, but there was only one road in and out. One day a tree fell across that road and everybody that lived there was stuck most of the day.

Pretty hard. Insurance pays for damages like this. Unless you mean super temporary like.

It depends on the location. A few communities in Florida only have the main gate with guards, who are armed, so you might get a couple of cars there before retaliation kicks in and makes it less attractive. Otherwise, you need to consider all the other gates, and likely 1-2 unassuming side roads to completely isolate anyone in those communities.

Even then, I'm not sure what you are really trying to accomplish as the only inconvenience would be keeping a medical person in who needs to render care in-person. Everyone else can be remote or push things to another date. Lawyers may be able to represent by zoom, or partners will step in if no objection or they are also listed as an attorney of record. The convenience of food, comfort, and entertainment are already present, so there won't be much disruption. The loss of peace of mind would be discussed in an impromptu club/community meeting and a small construction project undertaken with possibly more security in place.

A few padlocks and metal chain would also work

You think any given gated community lacks the cash to towe a pile-up?

sounds like you’re planning something.

I think you’d just make Uber Helicopter start sooner.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uber-joby-blade-helicopter-rides-2026/

But real answer? Those cars would be removed promptly, unless people are ready to fight the police, the civil guard, or the army… or have a good reason to think one of those would support them.

the rats will flee the first moment they are targeted, like flying to another country. better to ground thier jets.

I have no idea, but I like where your head's at!

This would create problems for emergency services, and so may come with a fine or worse...

Perhaps adding some sort of pay toll system to allow them to leave and enter their gated communities ?

One semi truck with a big heavy load might do the trick

Just start by total anarchy after a complete political collapse.