Should people raised in countryside expect to be able to stay there?

"Affordable housing" is planned in and around our tiny village. I have mixed feelings about it. I can see why young people might want to buy in the village in which they were born or brought up (although work is short round here) but the sprawling nature of these rather unattractive starter homes does not enhance the village.

I do not know what the answer is - homes that would fit in better are more costly to build and would be beyond the means of the very people at which they are aimed.

Surely if everyone kept their families small there would be no need to build in these areas as the population would remain the same? Isn't this country already populated enough? I know that is a simplification.

There is no point building houses where there is no work so the local situation should always be taken into account.

Having done as my name suggests I suppose I don't fully appreciate why people are so bothered about moving from where they were brought up. I feel that all our moves have enriched out lives in some way and made us much more adaptable than we might otherwise have been.

I think if people wish to stay near birthplace and family they should be able to do so... I've always felt sympathy with young people who live and work in small towns and villages who are simply priced out of their preferred area because those who can buy up the land or homes..