I remember listening to a podcast from a NYT reporter near the start of the Russia/Ukraine war. This lady went to Russia and started interviewing draftees right outside of the recruitment offices.
May not be a war torn battlefield, but that definitely takes some balls.
Late last year I bought a house. 1 hour from work because I couldn't buy a house closer. It still cost 499k for 1480sq ft. My mortgage is $3600/mo
Moving closer to work and I couldn't find any similar sized homes for less than 750k and those were fixer-uppers.