Why is everything being placed within the 10-year time gap?

[Dbzfan94]

I think the worst was her haircut that looked like she had a receding hairline

It seems ironic to me that Future Bulma actually ended up aging better than her present day counterpart. Though, I'd definitely lay the blame on a bad haircut.

You would think Future Bulma would look much older from the stress from the Androids, building the time machine and all. I know she looked really young in the special, but in one of the Future flashbacks in one of the episodes (I wanna say ep149 but that's probably wrong) Bulma had her hair up in like a bun or something. Now THAT made her look old.

[Zeru14]

I would have no problem with the series placed in this timeframe really, if not for a few annoyances, having so many arcs take place in one year is ridiculous, compared to the original run where their was timeskips. Kid Trunks, Goten and Marron looking and acting more younger than they are(flashbacks with Future Trunks already showed us what height Kid Trunks should be around this time, Goten is shorter, Marron still acts like a toddler), and lastly where the hell is Bulla.