Without getting into a heated argument for us leaving the EU, the population of the Uk is fast approaching 67-68million residents.
We still remain an island, and i cannot see that changing any day soon.
With the best paid jobs, and work opportunities centralised near or in and around London, it stands to reason that those people looking for well paid work, will choose Southern England.
Birmingham, Manchester, maybe Leeds as well, have significant populations, but their infrastructure allows easy and fairly quick access to the capital, HS2 springs to mind, just so these areas of England can reach the capital that bit quicker.
Forget the despoiling of the countryside, destruction of entire villages around HS2s intended route, London is calling, and the highest paid work is in and around the capital.
Take away that easy access to the city of London, and the population density simply falls off a cliff.
Just about all of us need a decent income to survive on a monthly basis, and the large populations centralise where the work is fairly plentyfull and well paid, or not so well paid in some cases.
Huge populations of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds etc grew up on the Industrial Revolution of the 19C, and nothing has really changed in the last two hundred years, the jobs are still there, some well paid, others less so, but its London where the highest sallaries are to be found.
The last thing on any would be migrants wish list, is to move to sleepy Wales or the Lakes or Cornwall, why would they, when the work simply is not there, and never has been.
Travel anywhere else in the country, such as Wales, NW England, Devon, Cornwall and beyond the commuting belt of the greater cities, and the population is very small, and it will always remain so.
With a very small population, the requirement for housebuilding is less acute, and due to the beauty of open countryside, demand for housing far out strips supply.
Take away the need to work, and we can choose where we live, and most of us aspire to live in the country, but still within easy access of good shopping facilities.
Britain remains and island, with Londons stranglehold on our economy, and best paid job opportunities.
With an ever increasing population, its an unfortunate fact that SE England suffers the most, due to the ever increasing population density.
The only noise i can hear, is the occasional car in the far off distance, and because work is virtually non existent in Dyffryn and this part of NW Wales, the population is tiny.
In the last election in the Dyffryn, Harlech, Barmouth ward, the entire electorate totalled less than 2400voters, that's less than your average commuter train in London.
Is there a downside in living in the remote countryside ? well, the nearest hospital is over an hour away in Bangor, and for real emergencies you have to travel to Wrexham and beyond.
That's no fun when your hospital appointment is at 9am, and you live where i do.