It is because they allow the contractors/developers to build homes so close together because of greed. I mean right on top of each other.
Btw, ya can’t cut all the brush in millions of acres bordering those homes, so those next to the undeveloped hills will always be under direct threat of fire anytime the wind blows. And if the homes are built right on top of each other, well...
Yep. It goes back to improper land management.
Improper zoning
And improper building codes.
It is not just the developer/builders greed that they have the houses so close, but also the greed of the city or county in trying to cram as many taxpaying peons as they can within city/county limits.
We had the most beautiful views of hills and mountains. But yes, dangerous to choose to live there in a drought. We were only renting.