Houston, Texas has been the model metropolitan area for digging itself out of the fiscal turmoil sweeping across America. The are a few factors that contribute to Houston’s success such as being at the center the oil and gas industry and having one of the country’s best medical networks. One of the first major US cities to recover from the recession, Houston continues strong economic growth along with higher employment rates than the US average. One factor may be the abundance of gated communities in Houston. Some advantages to gated communities may not be as widely known as the obvious…