[itsmemattchung]

I agree with you regarding the rising value of a home year of year compared to the salary increasing. That being said

> and I have never placed the security of a job above the value of home

I think what the author was referring to was not the value of [a] home (i.e. equity in the house) but the concept of a home as it relates to family.

[hunterrrrrr]

Right, I am making the joke of taking it literally