I'm personally just wincing at how much rents have gone up outside the cities with the urban flight due to the pandemic. I decided not to renew my lease and mo

I'm personally just wincing at how much rents have gone up outside the cities with the urban flight due to the pandemic. I decided not to renew my lease and moved back in with my parents (who I'd seen maybe two dozen times since I started working) to accelerate saving the money for a down payment on a house. Now I'm pretty much there, but I still haven't convinced myself that I see myself still working in the same place in 5 years so I haven't been seriously looking for a house. Meanwhile, the asking rent for most of the apartment complexes around where I work has gone up nearly 25% since I left a year ago. I was paying $2k/month, now they want $2.5k -> $2.8k for the same exact apartment. It's just bonkers to me. Great for whoever owns property, bad for whoever doesn't...