DConf 2013 Day 3 Talk 1: Metaprogramming in the Real World by Don Clugston

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 20:51:58 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Owning a home has lots of nice advantages, but saving money 
> isn't reliably one of them.

I agreed with you until last year, but the very low mortgage 
interest rates and fitting in principle prepayments into my 
budget tipped me toward the other side. (Then the landlord 
jacking up the rent and giving me a bad attitude on a short 
notice inspection pushed me into calling the bank immediately - 
this is the biggest of the other advantages IMO, not having to 
deal with a landlord anymore!)

But, like with a lot of things, there's no substitute for doing 
your own math before making a decision.