"Because they think they can have it? They think they can make it better? I don't know, I don't pretend to understand power-hungry insane purebloods." Never mind the fact that James himself is a pureblood, just one with more sense than Voldemort's followers. At least in his opinion.

"Oh! Er. Yeah, it's just up there." He gestures at a pub a ways down the block. "Not the same as home, of course, but it's close. At least for me."