Not a fan of having bragging rights?
For us it was that the rents here where through the roof, and mortgage interest very low.
Decided on a city center apartment at a stones throw from the train station with parking as both our lives require a lot of travel, so flexibility in transport modality was key.
I specifically bought this with the option to rent it out in mind if we can get the mortgage down enough in the coming 3 years, at which point we'll own it 5 years. At that point kids will be just there or on the way hopefully, so the 900sqf won't do then and we'll move to something bigger. Looks like it will all work out as planned so far..
Lastly, im a BIG advocate for only buying/renting space you need, and when there are no kids in play (or in the near future) I don't see how it makes sense to fork out a lot of cash for a lot of space.
Not a fan of having bragging rights?