You don't have to pay for $4 gas (because public transit in the Bay Area is generally pretty good by American standards, or you can easily bike year-round due t

You don't have to pay for $4 gas (because public transit in the Bay Area is generally pretty good by American standards, or you can easily bike year-round due to the mild climate), nor do you need to pay $6 for a bagel, there are lots of more reasonable options. But the high housing prices are hard to escape if you don't want to live far from work.