Sam Parr argues renting beats owning because it eliminates maintenance headaches and psychological strain. He compares renting to the Matrix: outsource your physical space to a landlord and focus on what matters instead.
But if it was up to you, even with a family, would you be a renter? If it was up to me, yes. Just the decrease in maintenance and wear and tear on one's psyche and soul that ownership bestows upon you is just not worth it. I don't want to worry about those things. I want to get as close to like living in the Matrix as I possibly can, right? And renting is a step closer to being in the Matrix. We don't have to worry about physical things and atoms and things like that. It's like, ah, that's somebody else's problem.
