> Throw in a small cafe, local pub, and corner store, and that looks like a really nice little spot.
Where? As in, where would you "throw" them? The buildings don't have space. There's nothing for a mile or more. This is a drive-in only development. (The road is called Brotherhood Way because there's nothing on it but churches and temples. Until they built this.)
> Give it 30-50 years and people will have painted them different colors, and it won’t look like a retirement home
It's really creepy there. It's hard to convey, even google street view doesn't give you the full effect. Did you watch that movie "Vivarium"? It's the shape of the place. The way it's just houses with no integration with the world outside themselves or even with each other. Packed together tightly, so tall that they block the sun, no space to expand. The park next door might as well be a million miles away. They are lockers for people, not homes.
I looked at some of these on Zillow. I see attractive, modern homes, in a lovely neighborhood with lots of green space, at a reasonable price by local standards. Looks like a good value to me.
I dunno what to tell you. Visit in person and get back to me?
I'm not actually trying to shun or shame people who are happy to live in such a place, there's no use arguing over matters of taste, eh?
FWIW I've lived in a few places and I find I'm happier the more "homey" the neighborhood. I'd rather live in a smaller or less fancy place in a living neighborhood than a big fancy place in a dead zone. But that's me, eh?
People have downvoted this, but the "where?" is a very good question, considering that half the problem with places like these is that the zoning typically forbids anything that would give anyone any reason to actually walk around the neighborhood.
Where? As in, where would you "throw" them? The buildings don't have space. There's nothing for a mile or more. This is a drive-in only development. (The road is called Brotherhood Way because there's nothing on it but churches and temples. Until they built this.)
> Give it 30-50 years and people will have painted them different colors, and it won’t look like a retirement home
It's really creepy there. It's hard to convey, even google street view doesn't give you the full effect. Did you watch that movie "Vivarium"? It's the shape of the place. The way it's just houses with no integration with the world outside themselves or even with each other. Packed together tightly, so tall that they block the sun, no space to expand. The park next door might as well be a million miles away. They are lockers for people, not homes.