Not OP, but there's so many general reasons someone buys this place: - They didn't opt for the place, someone else in their family did - This is where the job

Not OP, but there's so many general reasons someone buys this place: - They didn't opt for the place, someone else in their family did - This is where the jobs were - What matters to them changed over time - The place changed over time - A lot of things matter to them, this is just one, and the place delivers on the others - When they were looking for a place, this was what was available - etc.