Obsession with Owning Homes and Land

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New real estate opportunity brewing as some Americans opt to rent, CEO says

Post Brothers CEO Michael Pestronk discusses the renters market in big cities as the thought of being a forever renter attracts millennials and empty nesters.

www.foxbusiness.com

Life on Earth is finite and not very long. Also, people still have to pay taxes on land and homes. In this case, why is there an obsession with owning? Does it make people feel big? Is it something that is some economic class obsession?