Actually....the typical English Village is something of a dream for many people even in India. Thinly populated, quiet, far from the madding crowd, beautiful and picturesque, neat and clean, orderly and organised and yet with all modern facilities. I would love that too, frankly. That is why a British home is considered a privilege.
In India and China with huge populations, lingering poverty, uneducated majority, lack of modern facilities etc., British life is something of a dream.
Which is why I believe you folks should try to maintain it and not fritter it away. As some sociologists believe, we must have some dreams alive as a motivation for others to work towards. In the name of equality, if every place becomes equally bad, it would be a terrible thing.
It's a dream for many of us here too, Sriram.
Thatched cottage, roses up the walls, cottage gardens, living in a quiet countryside like location.
Unfortunately most of us don't have that, although some do.
It's a very idyllic picture.
Before long the only people who live in the idyllic dream will be wealthy people.
When I was a child I lived like that because cottages were cheap and my parents bought one ( for £3000 which was a lot then but not as much as the £350,000 it would now cost to buy the cheapest of them)
As the older generation ( who may be lucky enough to own one of those idyllic situations die out) and they are sold off, only the upper earners and wealthy will be able to afford them.
I grew up in a thatched cottage with a very large half acre cottage garden, but I couldn't afford to buy something similar for my children to grow up in.
I was in a village too.
However the issue is also people selling off the garden for houses, and replacing the countryside with concrete ( this is what happened to my childhood home, with later owners).
I'd love to have a Manor House with large walled gardens, but I can't afford it, so short of winning the lottery, it's just a dream.
An apartment abroad where it was warm by the sea would be nice too.
There is plenty to aspire to Sriram.
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( then there are other reasons it becomes difficult to live in idyllic places like holiday homes putting prices up and commute distance to work. If you look at the house prices in Cornwall, it's way out of the reach of many youngsters starting out).
It's a sore point to some people.
