Wire Madness - Utility Pole Insanity- Ugliness

I have been here long enough to know that certain things are just viewed differently and I need to accept the way it is. Take property value for example. The Japanese view life through a zoom lense, focusing on details and blocking out the big picture, so they see a little flower blooming on the doorstep. Americans go for panoramas and a broad view of things,they see the entire house, the yard, the road, the neighborhood and the horizon. In the States, house value is affected by the yard, the view, all the surroundings whereas here, the house doesn't even have value, only the land is valuable and surroundings really aren't a concern. It does not seem to bother anyone but me that the utility poles and wires are haphazardly strewn across the roads, homes and yards. When the new houses were built around us, new wires came with them - don't even think about buried wires here. I understand in the old city, it is the way it is, but here there is an opportunity to do it right, to make it nice, to create a pleasant little lane.

So much for opportunity. My house is now completely surrounded by ugly wires and cables. Even the new little development of 6 homes on it's own little road, can't escape hideous configurations outside their windows. Do people not look out their windows? Doesn't anyone want to take a picture of their house? I asked the NTT guy to come back and re-assess the new wires because they are too low over our west side (where we sometimes use a ladder truck for trimming trees or painting) and I commented on how ugly the wires were - he didn't get it. Squint your eyes really hard and the wires seem to disappear! Maybe that's the answer.