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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
We bought new.
We saw a few things in our search, resales are fine to a build date of 2005, that when the building code changed mandating many(long list) improvements.
Resales may have an established click on the street that can be an issue.
Many new homes R less than resales, that is a fact.
It appears to us the seller wants to be compensated 100% for their upgrades, which you may not like. You're buying what they personalized not what your own ideas were. 
I know others will disagree on that point.
New has a 5 year termite and 1 year complete home warrantee.
New everyone is on the same playing field sharing the excitement of setting up the home and everyone is seeking to meet each other. 
This same camaraderie of all new owners should allow for their community center to reflect the new owners wishes rather than dealing with centers that are set in their ways.
I think all the communities are great, that IMO should not be the criteria, but in all fairness have not moved yet.
Anyone living here please correct me if I'm off point on my opinions.
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Actually, Jimbo does bring up a good point on his post. The part about in a new community when basically everyone moves in at the same time, you are all in the same boat and all bond together. That can be both a good thing and a bad thing.
We have a group of friends who moved in about the same time as us. They are all in St. Charles and it was just being built 3 years ago. They are all within a 2 block radius of each other and they all know what is going on with everyone else in the area. If one person tells someone something, it is known to the entire "loop" within a day. For example, one of my St. Charles friends told his neighbor that his PSA number was 5.5. Within a day, he got phone calls from several neighbors telling him what a needle biopsy felt like. Very much like an extremely small town in how word spreads so fast among neighbors. Yes, it is friendly, but personally, I enjoy a little more privacy than that.