<prompt> Human: I saw this question asked elsewhere and thought it would be interesting to get the perspective of folks here.Would you rent or buy if you know you will be leaving that town and your time- horizon in that town is just 5 years?- 3 years?- 2 years?- Just one year?Assume a rural location in the US and assume that you hate the area. Assume a starter home costs 250K.  <response>: I would not buy unless I had good reason to believe I would be likelypossibly live somewhere for many years. So in all your scenarios I would rent. 