Construction costs have surged in recent years, pushing homeownership further out of reach for many Americans. But this isn’t a new concern: In 1978, the U.S. Government Accountability Office warned that rising costs were threatening the American dream – at a time when the median home price was just US$44,300, less than three times the median household income. Today, that figure has climbed past $419,000, more than five times what the median American makes.

Right now in the U.S., it seems that people are more divided than ever, and that sort of notion seems to be the same notion that is had every year. “This year was worse than the last." etc. While that might be true, the things that divide people each year are…. flimsy. Or, rather, people are flimsy themselves, with a short memory that only recalls anger, rather than what exactly happened.