Oh my goodness.
This place surprises me with it's efficiency. I've only been here since September, but honestly it has been great so far. They email you or put notices on your door about upcoming maintenance or snow removal warnings. There is no guessing and if I have a question they always get back to me same day.
We are going to have our first child soon and I am glad the child's early years will be spent here. Kids around here are generally respectful. They are usually outside playing with everyone and I never notice any bullying.
Residents are generally good with their dogs and pick up after them. There is the occasional resident I would like to leave their dog's poop at the door if I knew who they were. Especially when they leave it right next to the "oops station"! You'll always get one or two people like that, however.
There are walking trails for dogs or those out for a run. Part of the trail even goes around a small pond. Plenty of wildfowl are out there. I finally found out that there is something my dog will not bark at - the Canada goose. :)
It's not very loud here at all.
I come from apartments that are not well kept up and there is little to no communication from the management. Residents at my prior complex would think nothing of stopping in front our patio door to tease my dog for example. Loud noises of every hour of the day...dog poop everywhere. Broken playground equipment.
I have yet to see that here.