Villages tend to be huge and hence are not the hub of social activities in my opinion. From our perspective, the neighborhood is the hub of activity. My guess is that most neighborhoods are great but a key ingredient is a few residents who are willing to assume leadership roles. The golf outings and block parties don't just "happen" - someone has to take charge to make it happen.
While it never occurred to us when we selected our neighborhood, others who moved here from elsewhere in TV said that what attracted them to this neighborhood was its small, well-defined area. We have just a couple of streets off from a main feeder-road with a total of about 75 houses in the entire neighborhood. This makes it easy to define our neighborhood versus some which have no distinct boundaries.
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