> Why can’t people be free to live in less crowded, less crime ridden, less dirty and noisy locations if they prefer that? Who says they can't? The question be

> Why can’t people be free to live in less crowded, less crime ridden, less dirty and noisy locations if they prefer that? Who says they can't? The question being asked was "why are there no nooks and crannies". Those by definition only appear in dense places. You can't have a nook in a large empty field.