I never considered mailboxes to be eyesores. With the exception of two apartment buildings we lived in when we were younger we've always had a mailbox in front of the house, either on the house or a rural mailbox out by the road. It's neither good or bad, just something that's always been there. I doubt if I'll like going to the mailstop in the pouring rain though.
The Villages way sure gives the Post Office a break. Most folks get home delivery for their 42 cents.
Around here some areas, such as town house complexes, have cluster mailboxes near the entrance of the complex, sort of like a mailstop. I think that's because the streets within the complex are private roads.
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