Owning your own home

Just that I don't want to buy a house I want to rent.

Then answering peoples questions as to my sanity and stupid dispersions that this makes me 'megawealthy'.

Well if you have the money to rent and make substantial investments on top then you are relatively wealthy. Most people have enough cash either to rent and make small investments or take on a mortgage and make even smaller or non-existent investments. This doesn't mean that purchasing a house is primarily an investment, but if it absorbs all your available cash and leaves you with basically nothing to invest in shares etc., then it's obvious that you will prefer some return on your money to none at all.

Renting + investment vs home ownership is not a valid comparison in this context as the desired outcomes are different.

^this.