I don't care so much about paying rent. What I care about is what happened to me, back in 2020. During the pandemic, the wealthy fled Manhattan and created a buying frenzy in Upstate NY, where I live. My landlady decided it was in her interest to cash in on that; and, so, when the whole world was being turned upside down, I got the news that I would have to look for another place to live. I bought a condo solely for the control it offered me. As far as I'm concerned, nobody gets to do that to me again.