It used to be that a home was somewhere to sleep and protection for your family, and we were grateful just to have one, and we rarely moved. Now, millennials, according to one survey, are moving on average every two years! I think we've kind of unmoored our understanding of a home as a need, and it's become something more—and I think it's introducing a lot of anxiety too as families are constantly and continually in search of the bigger, better situation. The better neighborhood, better school, better ward, bigger home, bigger yard, better driveway, better garage, better master bedroom, etc. Moving is exhausting, and how much energy is expended in this continual search to upgrade one's life?

I also worry about the negative effects on communities and neighborhoods when people aren't around to establish roots.

Anyway, just some musings. I'm not saying anyone's wrong for wanting a new home. Just that it's interesting how pervasive the feeling is that our current homes aren't enough, and we need something bigger/better.