05/24/2026
Hey Sunflowers! 🌻
AmySue, here. If you’ve connected with me at the cafe, I’ve often compared my 20 years in Mint Hill, North Carolina to growing up in a Levitt home on Long Island in the 70s. There’s something about the sense of community that feels familiar to me.
Back then, we spent our days at village greens and neighborhood gathering spots — much like the subdivision clubhouses and community spaces here. We rode bikes until the streetlights came on, played in the giant concrete pipes stacked along the roads while neighborhoods expanded from septic systems to city water and sewer, and somehow every block felt connected.
The streets and villages in Levittown and Hicksville were named with themes, just like many neighborhoods here, and there was this feeling that families were building something together. Kids ran freely between houses, neighbors knew each other, and simple moments became lifelong memories.
From Levittown it is only about 15 miles to Queens and 30 miles to Manhattan. We got to grow up so close to NYC and still know what being in a small town is like. Mint Hill has always given me that same feeling. I am so glad that my kids get to grow up here in Mint Hill. Even as everything grows and changes, there’s still a sense of people showing up for one another — school events, church gatherings, small businesses, sports fields, coffee conversations, and community traditions that make a place feel like home.
Maybe that’s why I’ve always loved it here so much. It reminds me of a time when neighborhoods felt like extended family and community was something you actually lived every day.
Anyone else feel like Mint Hill still holds onto that “old neighborhood” feeling? 🏠 🌻
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