weird isn't it?
You seem to be looked upon as some sort of social missfit if you dont wanna get on "the housing ladder".
Up until 3 years ago I had been conditioned to the same thinking, and had bought; gained equity, bought; gained equity etc.
It seemed wherever I moved it was ok for a while, then went downhill very quickly; and so I decided to sell and rent a place where I wanted to live and not where I could afford to buy.
We now live in a cottage just outside a village in Warks. The quality of life is 100x better and if I wanna move, I will, and not have to go through all that chain crap and stress.
I can highly reccomend it.