HOUSING, I find this VERY alarming

[NorthernRaider]

I see your point Steve and I admit it is a commonly held belief, but to me I think its something other than rich greedy bastards subjugating the workers. I know it sounds silly but I cannot keep thinking about SCI books and movies where the powerful of all persuasions socially engineer things so all the ordinary people are "" encouraged"" to move into large urban conurbations where the elite control food, water, health, housing, education etc, thus leaving the countryside empty for the elites to live in.