Founded in the early 1970s by oil and gas billionaire George Mitchell, The Woodlands has become a 28, 000-acre master planned community carved out of the pine forest to become home to 200, 000.

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As a result of its strict architectural rules, Palmetto Bluff is a sprawling, low-density, master-planned community.

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Lambert Ranch, a master-planned community in Irvine, Calif.

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