Because a lot of people want to live in it, and there is a limited amount of space for people to live in. People with lots of money to spend are willing to pay more to be there, for the same reasons you want to be there. Works like that in every place in the world.
Think Montreal is expensive downtown? Try Vancouver.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.