Help or hurt??

Last night, after coming back from the last day at my job (switch to a different company) I got into a arguement with my father about living conditions. In his mind, he told me that he wanted me out the house (which he lives in alone with my dog Smokey) by October. In my mind, I wasn't going to stay past the first of the new year. The arguement came up cause I told him in February 2 of my friends (my old room mate from college and my best friend) are getting a townhouse. Its going to start building in October. I was happy cause I get to live with two people I trust and it won't be too far from my job. He states in a asshole manner that "its not quick enough", which gets me on the offensive. We go back and forth and I end up leaving the house, calling my best friend and going to Best Buy. (Its a good way for me to cool off)

The point is clear he wants me out the house, which is cool, but he isn't supportive about it at all, which is why I am highly pissed. Instead of being happy, he turns the asshole cheek. The house he has is big, 4 bed rooms, 2 1/2 baths and only him in there...doesn't make sense.

So this has caused me to look at places now, which I will begin to scope out this upcoming weekend. I might opt to live by myself to be "independent"; even though its without its withdraws. Checking the prices in my area, I am shocked that I could afford it, but messes up my plans of paying off my loans within my 20's.

Back to the title, this recent event has really crushed my relationship with my dad, for the reasons that there has only been 4 people in my family to graduate college, and I am the second man behind him. I don't think I asked too much while in college, I had a job and paid for college after my first year. Bought a car without him and got a decent job with options to advance, yet I get shafted by the one person who has been down this road before...hurts my heart to say the least. Then I look at it, I make about 50% of what my dad makes currently, and he can "see" my banking account (which he pointed out in our arguement) and I have a REAL steady girlfriend who comes over during the weekends. He has mentioned that he has a problem with both, which I think is utter bullshit. I don't know if he is jealous of how I good (or lack there of) I am doing in life in general, or if I am being that big of a problem. When I would come home for the summer during semesters, we never had his problem, so thats why I am leaving towards the latter...