I can see the appeal for urban zones to have new underground high voltage lines (even though it's not ideal from a technical/operation standpoint) to appease land owners, who don't want big new easements for overhead transmission eyesores in their backyard.

That being said, in a typical neighbourhood it's still wires everwhere to the house. I even went as far to drop the little man in google maps and have a peek. Wires everywhere the eye can see!