beachfront community

Seaside residential area

A beachfront community is a residential area situated directly along an ocean, sea, or lake shoreline.

The term typically implies shared access to the beach and often suggests upscale housing, resort-style amenities, or vacation properties: They retired to a beachfront community in Florida.

Such communities may be gated developments, condo complexes, or loosely defined coastal neighborhoods.

Opposites
geographic location relative to water

beachfront communitydesert community

Settlement in arid land

prairie town · hinterland

terrain/landscape type

beachfront communitymountain community

Settlement at high elevation

desert town · alpine village · mountain town · valley town

urban development pattern

beachfront communityurban core

Central metropolitan area

downtown district · rural hamlet · suburban sprawl · industrial district · city center

Family

beach, front, community, beaches, beached, beaching, fronts, fronted, fronting

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