The lede of: >"Affordable housing" implies that there is a job at the destination that can pay a wage that can pay the mortgage seems to imply disbelief that

The lede of: >"Affordable housing" implies that there is a job at the destination that can pay a wage that can pay the mortgage seems to imply disbelief that people can live well outside major cities. I'd prefer to be charitable, as the GP has stated elsewhere that they are not American and didn't know, but I've seen that line of thought here enough to understand why the parent could get defensive.