this lush american suburb , abundant in burgundy red maples and glazed with jet-black asphalt , smooth and wide enough to stage an indycar race , drawn in an intricate maze of chestnut , oak and pine lanes and other tranquil vegetation , shielded by a security gate or simply by the inherent values and upscale prosperity of the people living there , resembled the manicured landscape of a model terrain on a tabletop .