Having ownership and responsibility is nice imo. Pay off a house, and you have some nice real estate that you can live in, sell off, rent out, transfer to your children/grandchildren later in life. Way more options than having to pay for rent indefinitely. I've lived in way too many apartments in the past decade, purchasing a house and land has been the best decision of my life. There are tradeoffs to both lifestyles - I'd say that apartment / renting is great for 18 - 30 and gets progressively worse the older you get.
I'd rather have a dream where I have more responsibility and ownership as I progress in life rather than the dream of eternally renting and owning nothing. Sure I have to deal with shit I used to just call up my landlord and have them deal with it, but learning new skills and how to fix random things is fun too, at least to me. Not everyone's cup of tea I get it, but neither is renting forever.
I'd rather have a dream where I have more responsibility and ownership as I progress in life rather than the dream of eternally renting and owning nothing. Sure I have to deal with shit I used to just call up my landlord and have them deal with it, but learning new skills and how to fix random things is fun too, at least to me. Not everyone's cup of tea I get it, but neither is renting forever.