Polluted Suburbia

Just because I am genuinely interested, if you're reading this please just comment below what your ideal future home looks like. Is it more about the location? Do you prefer lots of trees and vegetation? Are you more of a concrete jungle type of person? 

I know for me, when I see a for sale sign in a neighborhood, my eyes go directly to the surrounding plot of land. If there is one thing the last 6 years of architecture have taught me, it's that if I don't like a certain aspect of the house, I can rethink it, rebuild it, or work around it (not that that should always be the case of course). The point is, I can't rethink, rebuild, or create a 100 year old tree. I can't create a natural creek that runs from the mountains through my backyard. 

How does this relate to suburbia? Have you ever driven through a new neighborhood or subdivision and wondered what was there before? Yea, me too. The plots of land are typically stale, the houses are carbon copies, and the character of the area is dead. 

The need and desire for suburban life has increased the value for creating these subdivisions and in turn has polluted the idea of what suburbia was meant for in the first place; to escape the density of the cities.