>>1772267That's some serious mental gymnastics there, studio apartments have zero maintenance to begin with. In other cases where you own a home, maintenance is always lower than rent and in the end you can always sell it when you are done with it.
The only way renting is acceptable is if you live in a social wellfare state that has rent control and government owned housing where you pay a fraction of the real costs. (NW-Europe)
And in those states by default public transport is fully paid for with tax, and gas prices are just there to finance gov gibs, we're at $2,62 per liter of fuel here.
