When you own your house you have to figure out how to live with your neighbors and then that makes it so you learn from them.

Vs "a place I happen to currently live" as a renter where you can just think "ugh those weirdos, I'll ignore them"

When you've laid down roots, it forces you to understand the closed loops of the community around you.

It's harder to escape the indirect effects of your actions.

The more that you understand and think about the indirect effects of your actions, the better of a person you'll be.