Didn't one of the 19thc French historians claim that he liked to hang around in cemeteries in his youth (an 18thc version of 'Harolding', as in the film 'Harold and Maude', meaning to hang around cemeteries like a goth)? I think it was the same historian who had the black with skulls/tears wallpaper story. Maybe the town planners were thinking of that!

Maybe it's not so bad - some graveyards are tourist attractions e.g. Highgate cemetary in London (my favourite) or Pere Lachaise...better a graveyard than a road full of fur coat and handbag boutiques for stupid millionaires!