oh yeah, I do agree that when you want to settle and grow a family, buying a house is a better option, but that's definitely required a lot of money, so that's why, when we are single and doesn't have much responsibility renting small apartment in the central area of the city is much more reasonable then buying house in a suburb.
I don't it's right for me to compare my region with people that are staying in the west side. Owning a home here is like been a boss of your own because right now, building a house can be done according to your budget and the inflation right now has make it so hard for people to pay rent even though cost of building is still affordable. The minimum wage is still the same, so it's better to build a house comfortable over buying a Bitcoin but if you have the money to do the both, it's great.
There is another advantage I see in owning a house, here there is no much appreciation on the house it self, you might be doing some basic maintenence check but you see that land, it's the oil money. If you own a house in a developed area, you are guarantee of making your money back. Don't forget that if you also build a house here, you can get huge amount of money when you let it out to people especially in remote areas where activities are happening.