>>1545790I mean, it simply makes sense to condense the houses like that.
Compared to what Real Estate developers want, they simply need to pump houses which are affordable to make a profit, and adding green and space to the mix would significantly grow the price of the property.
However, it also makes sense to condense them in very specific areas, like centers of a village/suburb in order to boost the economic activity of the area.
Since a building which houses a business doesn't necessarily need that much green or space around it, the condensed buildings can very well be built in the center of a suburb, and the farther away you go from the center, the more sprawled out the houses are, and the more green and trees can be planted.
It's just a real shame that there's this dichotomy of rural - urban where the rural is for living but the urban is for making a living.
I found that small scale towns in south-west Germany are good at combining the best of urban and rural living. It's like each little village is designed to create living, but also wealth as well as keeping that wealth in a weird and interesting self-contained organism
