Basically, yes.
That's what it's come down to: the quality-of-life ship is sinking, and it's every man for himself.
It's all we smart ones can do to salvage what we can for ourselves, while the majority try to save their way of life by destroying it in their race to the bottom.
Unfortunately, there are already no good places left to live that have not already been ruined by a population too large to be conducive to a high quality of life.
And the second-best places will also succumb within ten to fifteen years if LEGAL immigration is not severely curtailed.
(By the way: Is there any place in the country where burning autumn leaves is still allowed?)
I don't know about burning leaves, (remember the smell?) In Alabama when areas are cleared, they burn the debris. They also replant after the construction, they are not as they are stereotyped. An RV park owner there has a campfire each night for the guest campers. In Michigan, each campsite has a fire pit, on weekend nights, most are ablaze.
I find in my gypsy travels that there are still many out of the way places where society is good and over population of the urban areas is not too bad. But the ominous trend is still there. the places left are rural, but housing is making inroads. Immigration for the purpose of saving the social security system is driving into all areas. (MALDEF has told the mexicans to head for the heartland, and they are.)
I believe optimistically, that each generation will find a satisfactory quality of life, but each may look at the previous generation with envy.