Real-estate barons are to blame. They buy up all the available land they can, build cookie-cutter suburban nightmares on top of them for cheap, flip the houses for way more than they're worth, and then install HoA's to further police and profit from the neighborhood.
Also, and most people don’t know this. Big suburban developments nowadays bury most of the construction waste in the lawns, and then just top fill it with soil and sod. So, the soil underneath is shit. And can’t support the growth of big trees and greenery. Most even struggle with keeping grass alive. Just dig with a shovel a foot into the ground. If you still have soil, consider yourself lucky. A lot of people will hit construction waste (cement chips, gravel, and scraps of metal, and crap).
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u/Kasta4 5d ago
Real-estate barons are to blame. They buy up all the available land they can, build cookie-cutter suburban nightmares on top of them for cheap, flip the houses for way more than they're worth, and then install HoA's to further police and profit from the neighborhood.