Well said Scribbles and Framilode
How on earth can anyone take offence at not wanting to live on an estate? It's a personal preference, surely? Lots of gorgeous new houses are being built not far from where we are but they don't tick our boxes. They don't have decent sized gardens and the two we viewed were over-looked and had a busy road (for the estate, so lots of traffic) so didn't suit us. Friends live on a new build on an estate and they are very happy. Horses for courses and you cannot object to that, surely? Some people wouldn't mind, but we do. That's not a crime is it?
I haven't read any boastful threads. We were the generation that went without material goods, cars, holidays etc because we just couldn't afford them. We really had to penny-pinch and go without. Comparing life today with life in the '60s and '70s is daft and rather mean-spirited I feel. We had to put up with the life and times we were born into, as does every generation. The generation before some of us (me, anyway) lived through wars, death, hardship and rationing. Did they resent our peace-time? I doubt it.