Every neighborhood is unique. Our CYV community was built in 2011 and all of us moved in about the same 2 or 3 month period. We have 13 units on our street, four are snowbirds. We are out in the street quite often in front of our homes, we have the screen enclosures on the garage and it's very easy to see what's going on. Up north we almost never saw our neighbors, here in the CYV's we talk with neighbors every day. I play golf with one neighbor twice a week and softball with a dozen others once a week.
Yesterday I went to a party at a cottage, a 2 BR model. There was at least 30 people there and we couldn't move. I would say our CYV could held the same party and maybe even have more space. The cottage has one advanage, the garage and driveway. Other than that, I like the privacy fenced backyard and the masonry construction we have.
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