If you purchase seeds, say, from FastBuds, their descriptions will tell you how strong a smell each strain will have (and they have both autoflowers and fast versions of photoperiods). But generally, folks are going to smell it from 20 yards away and if there's no barrier like a tall fence or a solid line of evergreens, they're going to be able to see them as well...
Good luck... I'm so glad I live where it's legal!