And now compare average software developer salaries between London and San Francisco, you'll find the SF one about 50% more. I'm not sayin that SF, or NY doesn

And now compare average software developer salaries between London and San Francisco, you'll find the SF one about 50% more. I'm not sayin that SF, or NY doesn't have a housing crisis, they have their own problems too. But the problem or rather the solutions required are different in each case. I don't think it is OK to hand wave it away with "it is OK just buy the crash" as someone further up did.