(I bought at age 50ish, because I wanted a place around the corner from some of my best friends, because I wanted better noise isolation from my neighbors, because I wanted a garden, because I wanted to do some things that almost any
landlord would object to, and because I'm handy enough that I can do a lot of the routine maintenance myself and enjoy doing it — buy a house, get a free set of
hobbies if you're into that.