I can’t possibly see how renting would be a better solution especially in the very long run. Let’s say you buy a home at 30 years old and have to pay 2200 a month for 30 years plus property taxes and insurance at 4700 a year.
At the end of 30 years, you own a home and even if you have to pay 8000 a year for the property taxes and insurance, you are still better off....of course you still have maintenance, but I still think that the saving of close to 24000 dollars a year for the mortgage saves in the end even with maintenance costs. The highest maintenance cost for a house is the roof every 30 years for 20 grand.
That’s why rent vs. buy calculators tend to factor in the length of time that you expect to stay in the same place.