It's even worse when you consider not only the wasted space, but all of it wasted in winter when you're not allowed to live there.

I dont know the particulars of the thoughts behind this, but originally they were made for people who live in apartments to be able to enjoy a country house for an affordable price. So these are meant to be casual areas with little or no traffic designed for relaxation. To me it seems pretty sufficient to have so few roads to so many houses though.

It looks like wasted space but there are 264 houses in the circular communities south of the highway and only 230 houses in the other area to the west of them.

Looks like a lot less roads as well

It would be neat if they planted wild and native plants and trees between the circular communities instead of lawns of grass.