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The community consists of 253 acres (1.0 km), 153 acres (0.6 km) of which are developed into 500 garden-style apartments. The remaining 100 acres (0.4 km) are undeveloped and include a manmade lake of 15 acres, around which the community is developed and connects to the 7,500 acre
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Among the most interesting features of the community is that, despite being a retirement community for postal letter carriers, there is no home mail delivery – residents must pick up their mail at the post office in the Town Center.
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865:Categories
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374:Davenport
719:Brewster
709:Agricola
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560:Homeland
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606:Wahneta
595:Medulla
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