<prompt> Human: Most of my friends got married, most are young professionals making similar to me 100K by 30. there spouses are similarI did not get married. I bought my house, a modest 230K in the inner ring suburb near a large city a few years ago. nothing fancy, small bedrooms, no open floor plan. from the 1970s. fully remodeled basement though. Anyways, my married friends buy their houses, with their DUAL incomes 200K, tax breaks, sharing of all utilitiesetc. I had hoped to host some partiesetc. however, people are doing them at my friends places. 400K houses with open plans, buildin bars, modern looks, vikingwolf ranges and giant kitchen islands. I cant compete. GEtting people at my place for dinner partiesetc is like pulling teeth and I finally gave up. thehy just have the better places, due to their dual incomes. this not only appleis to my friends, but now to my coworkersetc. Been looking at maybe moving from my house to a 340-375K hour nearby. income is now at 140150K. I did some remodeling, agent said I could sell my house for around 290K on the high side. Figured I would use that as my downpayment on the next place. thoughts? I keep thinking the idea to move for this reason is silly and atually some other reasons as well...current place is close to a more shoddy neighborhood  <response>: Youre willing to spend 145k more for a house thats more than twice as big as you need just to keep up with your friends?I put that in quotes because of your statement GEtting people at my place for dinner partiesetc is like pulling teeth and I finally gave up. If they wont be your friends because your house is too small, they already arent your friends.No one is going to tell you this is a good idea, because it isnt. Not even close. 