Humbleburg was a sleepy place not far from the big city. With its wide clean boulevards, friendly neighbours and open green spaces it had long been a haven for commuters looking for the quiet life.
 
Year after year, its most prosperous residents – wealthy enough to buy their way in or lucky enough to inherit – had fought off any attempt to disrupt its exclusive, idyllic existence by blocking all development of any kind.
 
Then, at last week’s council meeting, everything changed.
 
In a unanimous decision the council announced they’d dropped all zoning laws and opened up the city to unrestricted development. The moment the shocked gasps of everyone in attendance had finished echoing around the council chamber, every PA, assistant, and junior executive in the property business raced to contact their boss: ‘It’s on!’