well, I am not happy when the trees go. The developers will "scrape" a lot for their own convenience rather than leave trees on it. The newest McMansion in our area is being built on a lot that formerly contained a nice ranch-style house and 15 or 20 large, fully grown trees. The developers took down all but one of them. Grrrr.
China/India do not assume that there is a limitless supply of oil, so they have more undeveloped land and dense housing for almost everyone. I would be very unhappy in a high-rise apartment block with all the smells and noises of the neighbors close at hand. Spoiled? OK, yes. (But bear in mind that I did not choose our house; Ben chose it when he was working at a company that was nearby, and had no reason to expect he would be laid off only a couple of years later.)
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China/India do not assume that there is a limitless supply of oil, so they have more undeveloped land and dense housing for almost everyone. I would be very unhappy in a high-rise apartment block with all the smells and noises of the neighbors close at hand. Spoiled? OK, yes. (But bear in mind that I did not choose our house; Ben chose it when he was working at a company that was nearby, and had no reason to expect he would be laid off only a couple of years later.)