Today, the Market Ticker reminded me of what happened in Mexico and caused the illegal immigration explosion when it reported "Oh Look, Now They're Normalizing Displacing You!": Rising real-estate prices are stoking fears that homeownership, long considered a core component of the American dream, is slipping out of reach for low- and moderate-income Americans. That may be so — but a nation of renters is not something to fear. In fact, it’s the opposite. [Atlantic article] Complete crap... ... Renters have none of this ; they are subject to the vagaries of the market and liquification of said market screws them as often as it helps . A renter who has a stable job and wants to raise kids with some continuity but has the market turned into a casino can and will be forced out at the whim of a landlord or local tax assessor who make it impossible to remain in their home. There is no possible way to consider this is a ...