Hi @majanomad
I saw a lot of comments where you try to figure out what to nominate in your area.
I must gesture that I lost the overview and you may forgive, if my comment don’t hit your topic right 
I don’t think that you have to difference in rich and poor wayspots. Also the gated communities could give YOU the chance to nominate AND reach.
I remembered of this post:
It is really loooooong, but round about comment 165 it gets interesting for you!
A gated community have mostly … gates 
With a sign (the ML, niantic and at least reviewers looooooove signs).
If you nominate this soulless hotsh1t spots, at the entrance sign… everything is fine.