One of the interesting things about Europe, is you just don't see houses, other than castles or palaces, sitting alone on a landscape....as since they have seen many an economic and social collapse down through the millennia, people either lived in walled towns or cities, or next to castles....NO isolated homes. This was all for their own protection from roving lawlessness.
Therefore even now, people who live in the country live in towns and villages....as old habits are hard to break (and I'm sure the zoning works that way too).
I wonder if we will see the same in the future of this country?
“Therefore even now, people who live in the country live in towns and villages....as old habits are hard to break (and I’m sure the zoning works that way too).”
That is because it is illegal to live/build anyplace other than a town, especially in Switzerland. Europeans cannot build on their farm, which is usually owned by the bank anyway. Very, very strict rules about land use.