Our county had a well thought out master plan that politicians have gutted by granting developers large scale exemptions, and when that wasn't enough, simply looking the other way while developers exceeded height, density, and egress regulations.
The terrible thing is that most buyers don't realize that the construction materials that support the latest amenities won't last the term of the mortgage. And when the realtor shows them the properties on Saturdays and Sundays, they don't think about what the two lane highway, which was constructed when the area was farm land, looks like at 7:00am, when 1200 families are heading to work and school...