I think you are missing the point. The question of house pricing comes mainly from too many people not able to afford proper living condition, despite the bette

I think you are missing the point. The question of house pricing comes mainly from too many people not able to afford proper living condition, despite the better opportunities. Of course will a house in the middle of nowhere cheaper than those in better environments. But what worth has the better environment, when most people can't utilize it? At the end, this situation will lead to multiple other problems, like people avoiding overpriced areas, and instead travelling long distances to their workplace in those overpriced areas, which means they waste energy and pollute the environment, have less time for their family & socializing, and so on... So it doesn't matter for what reason a city might exists or not. The question is which burden it puts on society and to which future it leads.