When we were house hunting, we looked at a house and a building site in an "air force" neighborhood.
every house was precisely in the middle of a 1/2 acre yard. You had your choice of 1 of 4 earth tone colors. You had to agree to keep your lawn precisely so tall. This kind of fence, etc. etc.
(You should have seen the guys face when I told him I would be xerioscaping and that if I built I'd want the house near the front of the yard so I could have a bigger back yard)
For some reason the pashminas brought it all back.