[jraedisch]

I love swimming and direct access to "nature". You left out child and health care, too. I do not see how any of these are prestige goals.

[noitpmeder]

Both of those desires can be fulfilled in a myriad of ways more accessible to the average person than "living on a lake".

[jraedisch]

I will vote for the party that has a believable plan. So far, at least in Hamburg, Germany, I feel it is mostly a fight amongst many for the same, very scarce resources.

[noitpmeder]

It seems like it's a different picture in the states. "The many" are in no way near able to afford/accomplish owning a house on a lake. This is reserved for the elite.

[forgetfreeman]

I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy downing half a fifth of tequila and setting fire to my neighbor's rose bushes but I don't consider that part of my definition of a functional society.