They were STILL building subdivisions of these here in southern NY not many years ago (and may still be, but I haven't noticed). The standard practice was to bulldoze, completely, all vegetation, to create a lifeless, but easy to build on tract, and then put up the box houses. I don't think the ones they built here in NY could even take a strong tropical storm. We recently bought a house built in 1955. Other than the non-grounded outlets I am replacing, it is very well built and is in a neighborhood where houses were built with minimal tree removal (which is getting to be a problem now because the trees are huge and reaching the end of their lives!). I never could stand those subdivisions where just about every house looks the same and are built almost within arms reach of neighbors. The subdivision we are in probably has 300-400 houses, and I don't think any two are the same, and lots are at least 1/4 acre, with most closer to 1/2 acre, and many wetland/forest areas are scattered throughout, so it's not an endless stretch of houses.
They were STILL building subdivisions of these here in southern NY not many years ago (and may still be, but I haven't noticed). The standard practice was to bulldoze, completely, all vegetation, to create a lifeless, but easy to build on tract, and then put up the box houses. I don't think the ones they built here in NY could even take a strong tropical storm. We recently bought a house built in 1955. Other than the non-grounded outlets I am replacing, it is very well built and is in a neighborhood where houses were built with minimal tree removal (which is getting to be a problem now because the trees are huge and reaching the end of their lives!). I never could stand those subdivisions where just about every house looks the same and are built almost within arms reach of neighbors. The subdivision we are in probably has 300-400 houses, and I don't think any two are the same, and lots are at least 1/4 acre, with most closer to 1/2 acre, and many wetland/forest areas are scattered throughout, so it's not an endless stretch of houses.