Originally Posted by
Mobile 155
I already did in a post to the OP showing the average rent in his area for a 1 bedroom place. I also pointed out the turn around time in his area for owning. In his area it takes less than two years to make owning a better investment than renting for the average person considering his eyes were opened by the average cost of owning a car that I would suppose was bought by the average person.
It was in response to that that someone posted about what they pay in Colorado Springs and I posted the average rents there as well.
And noted that he paid less rent than average. There are many reasons to rent. As the other poster noted, one bedroom houses may be scarce, or his financial state precarious, or he may be thinking of moving out of the area.
As he probably has, I've looked around, my apartment is cheaper and there are a multitude of reasons to not buy right now. I think that for both of us, neither fits into your sweeping statement of people paying too much in housing just so they can afford a car-free lifestyle.