These questions confront home buyers who are considering moving into one of the mega residential projects now under construction in the Chicago area. Size can have potential drawbacks.
Big projects take longer to sell and build.
That can mean having to deal with several years of bulldozers kicking up dust and trucks clogging roads. Smaller developments also can be more intimate, less intimidating. But developers of big projects naturally have another point of view. Even more important, builders claim, is that large, master-planned developments can be actually friendlier than small subdivisions. This is because of the economy of scale, making possible large, well-equipped community centers, where residents can meet informally for recreation and social events.