>We all become inured of the ugliness all around. But when you go to a nice place especially South of the Border in Massachusetts where there has been more commitment in villages and in urban spaces to reduce or put completely below the tangle, you might not at first notice what makes the place attractive.

This is so true. Bought a house in a southwestern NH neighborhood a few months ago and didn't even realize until a few weeks ago that there were no power lines around. I'm so used to seeing them that they usually just blend in with everything else but now that I've noticed my neighborhood doesn't have them, I really appreciate how much better it looks. Not to mention not having to worry about branches taking out any lines going directly to my house. Still didn't help with last weekend's storm though as we lost power for 12ish hours due to other lines in town getting taken out.