In a lot of cases it is neither the Brewer or the publican who are greedy but the big 'pub companies' that have taken over many oubs. I know of several pubs who although they have a good turnover cannot make a living because of the high rents charged by these companies. In some cases they are working for 12 hours a day, seven days a week as they cannot afford to pay staff. In others they give up and the pub gets sold off as a restaurant or private housing. There is nothing more I enjoy than going to a good pub with real ale and good live folk music, but they are getting rare, especially in London. There are still plenty in Kent, although a lot of them are way off public transport routes.(defeats the object really unless you get a crowd together and share a cab or nominate a tee totaller driver for the night)