Square Lakes! Oh, So Natural!

I have always marveled at developers who seem not to care about the product or environment they are creating. I know that both the county and the SFWMD (South Florida Water Management District) regulate how much water a developer must retain on their site, but square or rectangular lakes? We can not really blame the engineers for their pure efficiencies in using every square inch of the property. Notice the perfect straight and curved lines of the lakes edges in the aerial above. For a hint of how "Mother Nature" would create a lake, look below the development on the left hand side. Not a straight edge to be found! So who is at fault for these wonderfully unnatural lakes? Developers! My beef is with the developer that does not go the extra mile. I guarantee, that in each case where you find perfectly drawn lakes, you will also find, minimum landscaping around the lakes edge. But yet, with all the code review and code road blocks this is what the residents of Lee County get when a project is approved. Second rate development and costly review which helps lead to increased housing costs.