I do think the mission of buying a house in an arbitrary place is kind of a misguided gen-x goal unless you have a legitimate space constraint like kids, alread

I do think the mission of buying a house in an arbitrary place is kind of a misguided gen-x goal unless you have a legitimate space constraint like kids, already have a car as key component of your life, or have no established community. My point was that it's not worth relentlessly pursuing home ownership in some place just because it seems like inherently sensible goal. To acquire a house I'd need an improbable set of other variables to align, or relentlessly pursue it at all costs, and it's just so expensive for such a marginal and specious gain, that I don't think I'll concern myself with not having, whereas a few years ago it was merely a choice to keep renting and the delta between the two ongoing expenses wasn't like 3x.