I still own my own home.
1. No one can tell me how to decorate, what color to paint, or what my floors have to be.
2. It's much cheaper than rent. (Mine is finally paid for)
3. Taxes and insurance are cheaper than rent.
4. Yard and gardening are another of my passions and no one can tell me not to put up a flag, plant 'only', or anything else.
Repairs are a pain. What I can't do on my own I have a friend (worked for my husband on the fire department) that will come work on things that are beyond my son or me.
Some of these days I will likely be to old to live alone but right now I'm ready to have my house and I'm still able to live in it. Independence is my motto.