The problem is that now people are just buying a big parcel of land, subdividing it into 1/8ths and selling off with no consideration for roads, amenities etc. The last thing I'm going to do is live in such a set up. I want to live in a nicely planned municipality with good roads, nature trails, shopping center, manicured lawns, near offices, cool restaurants etc all the works - 1st world living.
I think if Tatu City, Garden City or Two Rivers or any other finally pulls it off it will be pretty obvious that it's a better alternative than buying a plot which is built without any macro considerations about quality of life etc.
I have a friend with a nice home in Runda who can't even go out at night because the journey back home is so far and in the middle of nowhere. So every time he has to go out he sleeps away from home. Shoddy planning, shoddy life.
I'll be happy living in a nice apartment with a common pool, nature trail, nature park, movie theatre near, restaurants, offices and hospital nearby, java nearby etc than living in a mansion in the middle of nowhere.