We have had both here in The Villages; vinyl siding on our Villa and concrete block on our Designer home. We much prefer the concrete block home for a few reasons. The look of the concrete block homes is one reason. Sound dampening is another reason for concrete block preference.
As an aside........In our villa with the vinyl siding, I was dumb enough to put the BBQ grill too close to the siding. The siding became warped from the heat. In our concrete block home, the grill sits just close enough to the house that the lid does not bang into the side of the house. It is that close and the side of the house looks like the day we had it freshly painted.
No contest.
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