Dan Olson wrote:
I know of no one who thinks the lush growth of the trees around the DL HM is something to be regretted.
And just to clarify, by this comment I am saying that I don't know any pure nostalgists.  Those who use "purists" as a put-down (and I'm not accusing the OP here) are imagining a category that hardly exists at all, let alone a category that accounts for most of those who oppose changes.