Apart from the high cost of housing in certain areas (trying getting your first home in the Cotswolds, in England - seriously not possible) I don't really feel

Apart from the high cost of housing in certain areas (trying getting your first home in the Cotswolds, in England - seriously not possible) I don't really feel that sympathetic. Life is what you make it. Saying that I do wonder whether some of this can be blamed on an education system that fails to excite and instil a love of pushing boundaries, or indeed building and creating new things. Coupled with a media system that promotes celebrity and purchasing consumption instead of family and healthy lifestyle.