Atlanta is great about trees. Any that are removed have to have a replacement planted.
Not sure where you're referring to, but at least around here in the actual city the architecture and landscaping is varied enough to not be bland. And we're seeing genuine increases in density and walkability/bikability and "urbanism" in general. I put 10x more miles on my electric scooter than I do my car now.
> who knows whether the buildings will still be around.
Not sure what this means.