> It’s not inequality per se. People don’t care if some people have more than them.

Actually it is. Inequality has been correlated with high crime, lower life expectancy and lower health (even for the rich subsection of the population, compared to a more equal country). In your example, high housing cost entrenches inequality and gives generational wealth a leg up.

Trying to make a country good but inequal is like trying to push water uphill.