I certainly admit to preferring a single family home myself, though it's never cost me more than about $1k/month for rent / mortgage / taxes. My current home is

I certainly admit to preferring a single family home myself, though it's never cost me more than about $1k/month for rent / mortgage / taxes. My current home is paid off. But a lot of people are willing to make tradeoffs, e.g., the younger people passing through town, the elderly, and the poor, all have different housing preferences.