> Most people (Not just Americans, but especially them) are obsessed with the value of the home they own. Most people in Anglospheric countries. It turns out

> Most people (Not just Americans, but especially them) are obsessed with the value of the home they own. Most people in Anglospheric countries. It turns out that NIMBYism and housing crises are particularly bad in the USA especially but also the UK, Canada, Australia, and NZ... because in the Anglosphere there is a culture of aspiring to be a freeholder with your own home on your own lot. Continental Europeans don't mind living in small apartments in dense urban areas. And it's a fact of life for many millions of Asians. Freestanding homes should join cars on the list of things we need to cut our cultural obsession with.