[onewhippedpuppy]

That's the problem here, developers buying huge tracts of land and selling more or less mass produced houses. Two or three approved builders, maybe ten floorplans, which are typically very similar. Then they clear everything, trees and all, and pack in as many houses as is possible. It'll be 40 years before these neighborhoods look decent, and that's if the homeowners spend the money to plant trees. Unfortunately, I doubt if many of those houses will be much in 40 years. Our house we used to own was a custom build in '61, in a nice area. That house had less cracks in the wall when we bought it than many 5 year old houses. It's sad, there's just no emphasis on quality anymore, everybody wants cheap.