It's def. a cultural thing here in Norway. People are very much entrenched in the "Renting is money out the window" ideology, which gets repeated ad nauseam fr

It's def. a cultural thing here in Norway. People are very much entrenched in the "Renting is money out the window" ideology, which gets repeated ad nauseam from you're old enough to move out. Home ownership is also one of the big adulthood milestones here, because there's so much responsibility involved. But I think the main (current) driver is ever growing cities, along with the ever growing housing prices. We've experienced a ton of centralization for the past decades, but it is especially now that people are starting to feel the heat of exploding rents and housing prices. FOMO is very real. We also don't move that much around. Most people move away for college / university, then to a city or two for work - usually settling down fairly quick.