The idea that they are only a good investment if you own your home or plan to stay there for a number of years... it's thinking like that that holds alot of people back! I only used incondecent bulbs in places like my attic (light gets turned on every 10+ years) or closets, or the motion sensor light in the garage by the bicycles, bulb comes on for 15 seconds at a time, mostly use them because the bulbs are still good and I have them.
But rental houses and apartments should have CFL's in all the lights, if the owners don't put them in then the tenants should, if you are worried about the cost to install them then take them with you when you leave!
I have a 3 year old LED as my bed side reading light, a light next to the couch that is just over a year old and as the fridge light that is 6 years old, each of them cost about $45 each and every few years that same $45 bought me an LED almost twice as bright as the last one and I'm impressed as to what a $45 LED's look like now.
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