Have you/do you live in a development?

[killercupcake]

I've lived in one all my life.

I lived on a Cul de sac as a kid and had a built in set of friends. I think there were about 22/23 of us kids.

We bought a house in a master planned community and I like it. I have 2 HOAs (master and a sub) and we have community security patrols, parks, dog parks, and various events throughout the year.

In Vegas, it's very rare to get property with a lot of land unless you buy a house that is at least 40 years old. Our two requirements for our house when we were looking was a driveway and a backyard. A lot of developments here got into the shared driveway thing during the boom and I hate them. Anyway, we were able to find that with our house. Each house is relatively close to one another, but I'm not too concerned about privacy. It helps that we have brick walls separating our back yards. Lol

[karinothing]

I feel like you are just asking if people like living in a regular American neighborhood? We do, my lot is one of the biggest and its 5000 sq feet I don't ever think about lack of privacy, but I guess it is just what we are used to. Neighbors are no issue. Everyone is respectful and friendly. I personally think it comes down to who your neighbors are not how big your lot size is.

[Jillaroo]

My area started as a development in the 40's/50's. So some of the houses are similar, but most have had renovations. We have no HOA or rules of any sort. HOAs are not common around here.

[andwhat]

We are moving to one and I can't wait. Tons of amenities, kids for DD to play with, they will be building a school. They do tons of community activities, happy hour, cigar night, raise money for a scholarship for a kid in the neighborhood. There is a pool, golf course, 2 playgrounds, it seems real fun. And it is not cookie cutter. There are like 7 different builders and the the HOA does not allow 2 similar homes next to each other. You have to have different brick color, shutters, and elevation than the house next or across from you.