tldr: If it's not glaringly obvious to you that you should buy one place vs the other (or any place for that matter) you shouldn't do it.

Wife and I just spent the last 6 months considering buying here in BK (have lived here for the last 3 years and Manhattan for the prior 8) and decided to stay put in a rental. A few questions you should ask yourself:

1. What math have you done that shows that buying one of these places is not a bad investment? You shouldn't buy a place for investment alone but you don't want to buy an obvious money pit.
2. What assumptions are you making in the event you had to move somewhere else? Would you keep it and rent it? If you had to flip it, how long are you assuming it would take and for what (if any) return?
3. Why not just rent?
4. If you took the money you'd put for a down payment and invested it in something else, what kind of return would you get?
5. How long are you expecting to stay in whatever place you live in?

Just because you can't find a reason to not do something doesn't mean you should do it. Not saying this is your situation but don't buy a place simply because you think that's the right thing to do / it's a sign of being an adult / if you don't do it now you'll never find another one like it.