The very approximate rule of thumb is that purchasing is economically preferable to renting if you're planning to live in that location for more than 4 or 5 yea

The very approximate rule of thumb is that purchasing is economically preferable to renting if you're planning to live in that location for more than 4 or 5 years. I'm not sure how you figure that owning a car is related to raising children. If I had to guess, I would say you lived in a very dense urban environment. Your statement just seems kind of insane anywhere else. Given that I have interests outside of work, I don't actually want to live within three minutes of my workplace if there's more fun to be had living farther away. Based on the wording of your last paragraph, it sounds like you may not actually have a good argument for wearing nice clothes, and are just advocating it because that's what you see other people doing. The reason I try to dress nicely is that it's cheap psychological hack. For whatever reason, most people, including myself to some degree, have some sort of innate bias towards people who look well dressed. This could be because it correlates with social status, or wealth, or any other number of factors, but regardless of why it's the case, it's a very cheap way to buy social credit. It's up to you whether or not this increase in social credit is worth the financial and comfort cost of wearing nice clothes.