For most people owning a home isn’t the goal, it’s to be able to adjust their living space how they see fit, have a stable place to raise children, remove the risk of landlords, etc
Isn’t that exactly the point? Some people set their goal as buying the house but forget to reevaluate how well they’re doing at their true goals - like do they really benefit from the extra rooms enough to be worth commuting taking away family time, or are they doing renovations often enough to say they’re actually taking advantage of that benefit?