Paint your door. Get the sheets out of your window. Pull the weeds. A few miles west, under the tall, shady trees of Willow Wood Drive, is Lakewood. This is an older, established neighborhood.
People move in and stay.
Many widows still live there, in homes where they raised families. Children play in a large, green park. It is part of Norfolk, but almost suburban. McFarland moved here from Ghent to give his two daughters a large yard and a place to ride their bikes. A college student is counted at school and at home.