People In My City Complain When New Buildings Are Boring And "Look The Same", Did That Always Happen?

by cpclemens

There are often discussions I see where people are complaining that modern architects are "boring" and "everything looks the same". It got me wondering if 100 years ago, people in neighborhoods complained when a housing developer built all Cape Cods, or a Main Street development looked too much like the others.

Is the current trend only the result of social media discussions? Or, did this always happen?

InertiaOfGravity

To add on to this, if they used to be more varied, why did it change to be more similar?