I didn’t know it’s actually an “old” trend as I haven’t really seen too many residential buildings in the East Coast.
I get that the house looks “cute” when you don’t see the garage…(depending how the garage is built and looks like). I guess after all it’s just preference.
I thought the reason why they’re bringing this back is so that the builder can build more homes in the same size lot of land. But I agree with you maybe some people prefer not seeing their driveway and garages.