Assuming, of course, you pay it off in 30 years. Many buyers do not (and plenty of others do, of course).
Owners are buyers, but not all buyers are owners. Seems simple enough, but easy to ignore.
Also, I don’t really tend to think of Piggington’s as the lifetime renter’s board. I imagine everybody who spends time here wants to buy a home at some point. They just choose not to because it doesn’t make sense at this moment in time. (and some have, of course).
So, we can be all peace, love and Bobby Sherman about living la vida renter, but it is something of a non sequitur.