Actually, they absolutely are. Cost of living in San Francisco is not even a comparison to any of those places. I live in Seattle in a kick-ass house in a great

Actually, they absolutely are. Cost of living in San Francisco is not even a comparison to any of those places. I live in Seattle in a kick-ass house in a great, walkable neighborhood for the same price that I paid for 650 sq ft apartment in Noe Valley 3 years ago. Also funny: every time someone argues with this point, they'll put up a link to the most expensive condo in the hippest part of downtown Austin and say, "Look! Look, this apartment is $4000. Austin is expensive too!"