There's a book that takes this general idea in a direction. It's definitely intended as a commentary on society and the future, but you might enjoy reading it.
I'm definitely a bit of a utopianist, but in my mind the power of consumers versus profit driven business people always is cyclical.
I find it much more likely that the technology to autonomously create houses, grow and harvest food, and generally automate a sane, healthy life for a person will advance significantly, and some philanthropist trillionaire will buy up vast swathes of currently uninhabited land and turn it into a utopia.