Urban Living, Jeremy Paxman, and Ballard's 'High Rise'

Whilst reading Paxman's (yes him off Newsnight) book 'The English,' I came across a passage which I thought I would share in light of the review I had written on J.G. Ballard's 'High Rise.'

Here it is:
“Rich and poor differ in their expectations, but they share the same ambition. It is a house with a garden...Where else in the world would you hear it seriously argued that living in flats causes riots?”* (Original italics kept.)

Paxman argues for the need to improve urban living, being that England isn’t in the countryside. That is a myth. England is where people actually live. Full review of the book to follow....

* p170 Paxman, Jeremy, 'The English' (1998)