One Inspiring Reason For Owning a Home -- Comment of the Day

Today, Jen asked "Is Home Ownership Still Part of the American Dream?", which, as you can imagine, brought forth many interesting, thoughtful (and varied!) comments. One of them stood out to me, less as an answer to the specific question, but as a personal point of view that is incredibly inspiring; it describes home ownership as a way to help build a more "thoughtful and communal dream". It's worth a read...