The investment return is that it isn't rent money down the drain, which is gone for good.
There are some people who find the trade-off (which seems to be mostly along the lines of better mobility) worth the "loss" there. And also I remember some people froms ome of the online places I used to hang out who got furious about it being considered a "waste" when it's paying for a roof over their heads (they either can't afford to buy because it's cripplingly expensive or they're choosing not to for better mobility or whatever).
We just can't be trusted to act for ourselves.
Given how many people literally SCREAM for legislation ("there oughtta be a law") to validate how they want things done or to actively prevent htings they personally believe no one should be able to do (sometimes it makes sense, a lot of the time it's purely because they personally don't like it therefore nobody should), this isn't that surprising XD
is this how we got here? O_O
Or, would "survival of the fittest" rule us?
This generally seems to equate to "might makes right" and severely further disadvantages already disadvantaged people (any disabilities at all, wrong age, wrong gender identity, wrong skin colour, any excuse really) this is probably worse than the mess that's going on right now.
just because there's worse doesn't mean we shouldn't try for better
every time a government says they are doing something to "help the poor"
My follow on from this sentence is "I burst out laughing, ask if they were being serious, then start laughing harder if they were".
Sceptical is probably healthier than being cynical :)