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Renting forever. Yeah, I'd like to own a house, sure. But on the other hand, I don't have to remove snow from my place, I don't have to pay a repair guy to fix stuff when it's broken, don't have to mow the lawn, or maintain the swimming pool. If I have problems with my neighbors, I can complain to management and they'll handle things discreetly without singling me out or involving me.
I suppose it depends on where you live, and what you're paying, but while it's not entirely ideal, it's also not awful.
One would love renting because they've managed to find the sweet spot that is an area where things are relatively quiet and peaceful. Management actually cares. Tenants keep to themselves. Things are relatively retained in condition.
But if you're living in a complex opposite of that, yeah you'll hate everything about renting. Tenants who make you wonder how they scrounge enough money to pay monthly rents with how they behave. Management who you wonder how they keep their jobs with how they handle things and allow said problematic tenants to come rent from them. You'll be getting e-mails of management telling you "oh, package room has to be monitored now because package theft is now a problem" or "we'll be closing the pool down for the rest of the season because children and tenants can't behave"
And just a bunch of other issues.