In an era when the American president embroiled in a zipper scandal was commanding bombers to strike a small place called the South Alliance, the real estate industry in Provincial City was still in its infancy.
In reality, those who had a stable job or had once held such positions knew that in those days, as long as you were employed, housing was generally taken care of by the workplace. Although the apartments of that time were nicknamed "pigeon buildings," at least you had a place to live, right?
Even enterprises that were no longer performing well could manage to find a plot of land to settle their workers into some sort of dwelling without too much trouble.
Thirty years later, when people hear about land, the words that immediately come to mind are "expensive," "sky-high prices," "land kings"...
