The community is what they like most of all. That's because it's Pleasantville a place with a small-town feel. The current population is about 1,400. The Williams know their neighbors. They don't worry about crime.
Traffic is minimal, and cars are parked in garages built off the alleys that run behind the houses.
There's a neighborhood elementary school slated to open in January, and there's plenty of open space. Each evening, the sidewalks are filled with people who walk around and get to know one another. Northwest Landing, a project of the real estate division of Weyerhauser, is an example of New Urbanism. The term describes an architectural and community design movement that aims to build new places modeled on what communities were like before the post-World War II suburban boom transformed the American landscape and the American way of life. The first home in Northwest Landing was sold in December 1994.