##On the other end of the scale## Another way of not having villages is to have only isolated houses.

I'll assume:

• Your colons have efficient ways of communication, for instance improved Skype up to the point that you can’t notice that you’re not there in person.
• The planet is (or seems) harmless, so your colons are not afraid to live in an isolated house
• They have fast means of travel, so that they can go quickly to anywhere. Maybe even drones to send and get products.

So, when a colon family arrives to the new planet, some authority assign land to it. The family goes there and build a house. The next colon will be given another land, some kilometres away, and so on. Once all the usable land are given, it’s time to start colonizing the next planet.

If you need to buy something, just go online and buy it. Some drone will make a delivery. If you want to sell something, just do the same. You can work online as well, for instance answering questions on Stack (they pay you now). If you need to socialize, well just do it online or take your glider to the bbq party of your neighbour, few kilometres away.

Basically: Transportation and communication made villages obsolete (and cities too). People enjoy living in the countryside, clean air, little birds, no noisy neighbors.

On the other end of the scale

Another way of not having villages is to have only isolated houses.

I'll assume:

• Your colons have efficient ways of communication, for instance improved Skype up to the point that you can’t notice that you’re not there in person.
• The planet is (or seems) harmless, so your colons are not afraid to live in an isolated house
• They have fast means of travel, so that they can go quickly to anywhere. Maybe even drones to send and get products.

So, when a colon family arrives to the new planet, some authority assign land to it. The family goes there and build a house. The next colon will be given another land, some kilometres away, and so on. Once all the usable land are given, it’s time to start colonizing the next planet.

If you need to buy something, just go online and buy it. Some drone will make a delivery. If you want to sell something, just do the same. You can work online as well, for instance answering questions on Stack (they pay you now). If you need to socialize, well just do it online or take your glider to the bbq party of your neighbour, few kilometres away.

Basically: Transportation and communication made villages obsolete (and cities too). People enjoy living in the countryside, clean air, little birds, no noisy neighbors.