He had a nice house in an expensive area. I think his wife was someone important at a bank.

I was in a one bedroom apartment, so not like-for-like, but I didn’t need or want anymore space than I had. I was also in a nice area, and in the nicest apartments in that area, as far as I could tell.

A couple people who moved out there when I did bought places, and I heard nothing but regrets from them a year later.