HMOs are increasingly common in the UK -- not just in London or for students, but in towns for working professionals. You can (and do) easily have a 4 bed house

HMOs are increasingly common in the UK -- not just in London or for students, but in towns for working professionals. You can (and do) easily have a 4 bed house with 4 adults with 4 separate jobs. I have a 40+ friend with a phd who lives in such a house near Bristol (3 adults in a 3 bed house). Hell back in 2003 I lived in a 4 bed house in London which had 7 adults in it (I didn't stay there for long). That type of housing is 3 times more expensive now in relation to earnings. If you were to put that in somewhere like Mansfield you're talking at least 4 cars even if half the people commute via bus.