Ha. That's a very easy one. The pics you use for your example are great to reply to... Meaning the above photo lacks any (and I mean ANY) color and life. The older has plantings, not to mention a gorgeous landscape of mountains behind.  I think nature has a great deal to do with why one feels a sense of belonging. I happen to be an avid gardner, so perhaps I'm coming at it from a certain point of view.  These new developments going up are so very cookie cutter, but they look more like an abandoned graveyard of roofs poking up in a line.

Oo.  Too depressing.