North Suffrage Trl, New River

We lived for awhile in Anthem, and at first I was really upset with how commercialized it was. We had to have our trash can put away or we would get in trouble with the community. We had to decorate with a color scheme that matched the community. There were no plants allowed over the top of our wall. One of our neighbors hated the home society so much, that every christmas she would decorate with the gaudiest stuff just to raise the ire of the community. They could ban plants and decorations, but not Religious icons or holdiay decorations. It was pretty funny once she explained it.

The nice part about living in Anthem is that everything is right where you want it. There's tons of great greenspace with parks built in. Running behind many houses is also a desert area, that has been left unlandscaped. The first night I took my dog walking through one we actually flushed havelina, or wild boar. I was impressed that they had thought to put so much thought into the building of the community. Overall I'd say Anthem is a pretty nice place if you can get over the rules.