Europeans are used to homeownership because the serf system was destroyed by WWI, then the entrepreneurial class was destroyed by WWII, then the confiscation of Jewish wealth and the injection of the Marshall Plan created a short-term middle class the likes of which Europe had never seen before and will never see again.

Americans are used to homeownership because America was frontier prior to WWI, then a massive hub of industrialization through WWII, and then the benefactor of global dominance and a colossal military-industrial complex to oppose the Soviet Union. This created a short-term middle class the likes of which America had never seen before and will never see again.

If Americans want homeownership, we need viable livelihood to be possible in the rural areas where housing isn't competitive. If Europeans want homeownership, they need...

Shit, I dunno. To move to Spain, I guess. California, Oregon and Washington are geographically and demographically similar to the UK... but economically, OR and WA aren't even needed for the UK to be overshadowed. It's easy enough to say "move to North Dakota" when you don't even really need to change your car tabs. It's quite another when there are five languages between you and opportunity.