They really, really hate home ownership in the traditional "2 cars in every garage"

I'm sorry, but the 50s is the model, and we had one car and one income. Later, two incomes came in so you could afford the house, and "starter" houses fell out of vogue. Just jump straight into the larger house. Now if you look at Singapore, the gov helps couples get into flats, and they are nice flats, but you need the incomes and it's designed so kids have a place to play, but the rest of what you need may be some distance - once it's built. So you have to marry and plan - learn to get along while living with your relatives. Now there are plenty of well adjusted blue collar work types that could do this - it would be tough while you're learning a trade, but your income comes up and life becomes stressful in new and different ways.