Soulless suburbia - Rape and scrape development

Does anyone believe that in 50 years or so someone will look at one of the countless tic-tac housing developments going up across the nation and say, "Oh what a beautiful place to grow up this must have been." ?
More likely they will ask, "How did you find your house?"
This is the result of the rape and scrape development that has become the norm across the country. In this age of machines that can move mountains with ease, there is no need for a developer who buys a piece of land to pay much attention to its form, and he or she may not even look at it except for on paper. Most often they will care only about how many identical rectangles they can fit on whatever shaped polygon the property may be. They draw it out on paper, rip out any pesky trees or rocks or anything else that may be in the way, then bring in the giant earthmovers to scrape it flat and even and easy to work on. The same blank canvas from coast to coast. This is why our modern subdivisions are identical from Florida to California, and why they lack any character or soul. Developers argue that leaving some landscape intact would add to housing cost, however I have seen several fine developments where this has been done without significant additional cost, and people are willing to pay the relatively small increase in order to live in these much more aesthetically and ecologically appealing communities. This one really is up to us consumers. We must demand more from home builders.