My buddy bought his house in the city in 2011. I was going to do the same but a 3400/mo mortgage seemed fucking nuts. His house has more than doubled in equity

My buddy bought his house in the city in 2011. I was going to do the same but a 3400/mo mortgage seemed fucking nuts. His house has more than doubled in equity though, so not too bad from his perspective. I moved back to the midwest where shit is reasonable, now I just blow that 3400/mo on fun stuff instead of mortgage/rent.