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> Ms. Braddock said: “Here, there’s no stigma attached to renting, which is not true elsewhere in the country.”

Interesting comment. Never in my life or travels have I met anoybody who attached stigma to renting a place.

In the small city where I grew up there is definitely a stigma attached to renting. The pool of rental housing is very small and poor quality/low-rent, so renting implies not having "made it".

I think it's more common among the very wealthy. When part of the appeal is flaunting your wealth, renting is probably not the way to go.

I think a 1000k 1 bed condo is comparable to a 200k car in that it isn't just a place to stay or a way to get from A to B.

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