I think it's only partially a feeling.

new ~lands have:

    - no regulations (yet)
    - lots of unknowns
    - very few hidden motives

That said, the duration of this state is probably quantifiable. Everything has these traits at first, until human stay for a while, then organization naturally takes place, taking the virginial beauty off at the same time.

I've read that some antique cultures believed in burning things to the ground. I wonder if that's not a useful thing.