Okay I don’t have friends to ask…, but I have relatives and a lot of my parents’ friend circle and a lot of them apparantly own their homes… and apparantly there are a few that even own rental properties…
(USA, their social circle varies from Seattle, Boston, NYC, and Philly)
I’m with my parents and they own this house…
You can find a place to buy. You just won’t enjoy living there.
Lots of people won’t make lifestyle or other compromises for home ownership, some will. It’s a choice.
Affordable properties are not going to be desirable.