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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (37372)	8/10/2005 2:49:05 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 306849

Housing and "adapt to different surroundings" has everything to do with how you've been brought up. If you were used to a certain quality of live, you are going to get that quality of life. You think of it as the norm. Your parents give you an education and you inherit from that environment (I'm not saying inheriting your dads money!)and you end up on par with the quality of life that you grew up. Then there are people who lived in noisy places, not so clean, not so safe, too far, too crowded. They grow up to accept that as the norm. They will settle to that quality of life. They may aspire a better quality of life but they will not put that very extra effort to achieve. (Is more complicated than that but I leave it like that for the moment.) For example: If you're used to be carried about on the back seat of a car, as a kid, you will never ever accept to travel by public transport. This is why I think the private car will rule environment concerns or not. When a country's economy is growing, then there's social mobility. People can afford to live the quality of life that they aspire. The effort to get a good salary to achieve that higher quality of life is not too high. A fast growing economy, is very good because of that: It can make even the not so hard working. not so clever, not so educated, improve their life. It is a this point that you get the 'nouveau rich' and middle class typical families... which poses another problem. (Why am I here building a wireless network when I should be a sociologist!!!!!!)