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Old 12-31-2021, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by merrymini View Post
The driveways are shorter because they have bigger back yards with a small setback in the rear to accommodate expansion in the rear of a house. It may look more crowded from the street but it is done to allow more room for people to enlarge their living space.
Yup. People didn't like the "kissing lanais", so they moved the housed forward on the lot, giving them a bigger back yard...

Personally, I would look for a lot that had both room in the front and back, but that's my preference...
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