They seem, unfortunately, correlated. Certainly, there isn't any easy causal relationship. And actually, looking at it more -- I may be wrong. Here's a real-est

They seem, unfortunately, correlated. Certainly, there isn't any easy causal relationship. And actually, looking at it more -- I may be wrong. Here's a real-estate price map for San Francisco: http://www.trulia.com/home_prices/California/San_Francisco-heat_map/ http://www.trulia.com/home_prices/California/San_Francisco-h... But by the logic of the westerly (east-blowing) winds, however, places in SF like Hunters Point, etc., were probably not as attractive real estate locations originally, and probably that led to some vicious cycles, etc.