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Most people in England live in urban areas. Towns and cities are spreading into their surrounding environment to cope with the increasing populations. But people who are more conservative and value the traditions of their country live in the countryside.More people are buying their own homes than in the past. About two thirds of the people in England and the rest of Britain either own, or are in the process of buying their own home. Most others live in houses or flats that they rent from a private landlord, the local council, or housing association.82 percent of British families live in a house and only 15 percent live in a flat. Yet almost bizarrely the average British family home has less usable living space than in other European countries.England has different types of houses. People can live in a flat as it was told above. In most towns all over England there are streets of houses joined together in long rows. Such houses are called terraced houses. Two houses joined together are called semi-detached houses. If the houses are not joined to any other buildings they are called detached houses. The most popular type of home in England is semi-detached (more than 27% of all homes), closely followed by detached then terraced.Most houses in England are made of stone or brick from the local area where the houses are built. The colours of the stones and bricks vary across the country.Houses in Britain come in all shapes, styles and sizes and vary from one part of the country to another. Many houses have names which is a peculiarity of British housing culture. House naming started many years ago with the gentry naming their houses. They had Halls, Manors, Castles and Lodges according to ancestry, location and family titles. Gradually over the years other people began to give names to their homes too. House names today are inspired by an array of sources: everything from location and local history to literature and legends.In general, the picture might look idyllic but many people in Britain believe that it has a nightmare, and its name is housing. One problem is that most young people who are working want to ‘get their foot on the bottom of the ladder’. This means that they want to buy a house and start paying off the mortgage. But the house prices have risen astronomically over the last few years and even the cheapest house is more than an average teacher, policeman, nurse or office worker can afford. More young working people are living at home and continue to be supported by their parents because they cannot afford a deposit to even start the buying process.At the same time, some communities, mostly made up of the old and well-off, have been campaigning against new housing developments. Their selfish motivation is that new housing will block their views of the countryside and depress the value of their own homes, so they make a great obstacle to any construction of houses making the vast area of the country out of bounds for construction. Great Britain is a densely populated country but only 13 per cent of its land is built on, so it cannot respond to a sudden increase in demand for homes by simply building more houses; as a result, too many people are chasing too few houses.
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