With a growing second-home community, finding workers for services like landscaping can be a challenge.

Stuart is developing as a second-home community.

Cons The second-home community is growing, but it is small and scattered, so weekenders may be viewed as a curiosity.

It is in the last 10 years that Todd has seen a resurgence driven by cultural tourism and second-home communities.

"The area is so desirable as a second-home community that sellers tend to get inflated prices for houses," he said.

"These places were developed as second-home communities, but are now being turned into retirement communities."

Netarts is primarily a second-home community about 65 miles west of Portland.

It is intended as both a primary and second-home community, and there will be no restrictions on the amount of time owners may use their properties.

Also, in recent years, Pound Ridge has become more of a second-home community to wealthy Manhattanites.

So it's not much of a differentiator to offer them those amenities in second-home communities.