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I think you both have the causality backward. Vanishingly few people are moving to California to live in a bus. People are moving to California to get better j

I think you both have the causality backward. Vanishingly few people are moving to California to live in a bus. People are moving to California to get better jobs, and most of them can comfortably afford to live in California. The people who are ending up in buses have lived in California since housing was cheap enough that they didn't have a problem, or since they were children. People who can't afford to live in California anymore also can't afford the cost of moving. So they end up on the street and unable to find work or leave the state.

linkregister 9y ago
I know you and the other poster are using "California" as a shorthand for "Coastal California", but the Central Valley and the Inland Empire are very affordable.
parineum 9y ago
> The people who are ending up in buses have lived in California since housing was cheap enough that they didn't have a problem, or since they were children. Most of the people I know who complain about the housing cost in California are young people who make considerably less money than their parents do but expect to be able to maintain the lifestyle they had growing up. That's incredibly unrealistic and I doubt that's ever been attainable unless you're exceedingly wealthy. When my parents moved to the area I grew up in, it was not even close to the desirability that it is when I eventually moved out. I've done what they did. I bought a house further away in a less expensive neighborhood because I can't afford to live there. The amount of young people who think they have a right to move in the opposite direction and maintain their lifestyle is strange to me. Tons of people I know moved to bigger, expensive cities out of college/high school but they had to live with 3 roommates to do so. Eventually, when you want your privacy back, you have to move away. For most young people, you can't have your cake and eat it too when it comes to where you choose to live.

linkregister 9y ago

I know you and the other poster are using "California" as a shorthand for "Coastal California", but the Central Valley and the Inland Empire are very affordable.

parineum 9y ago

> The people who are ending up in buses have lived in California since housing was cheap enough that they didn't have a problem, or since they were children. Most of the people I know who complain about the housing cost in California are young people who make considerably less money than their parents do but expect to be able to maintain the lifestyle they had growing up. That's incredibly unrealistic and I doubt that's ever been attainable unless you're exceedingly wealthy. When my parents moved to the area I grew up in, it was not even close to the desirability that it is when I eventually moved out. I've done what they did. I bought a house further away in a less expensive neighborhood because I can't afford to live there. The amount of young people who think they have a right to move in the opposite direction and maintain their lifestyle is strange to me. Tons of people I know moved to bigger, expensive cities out of college/high school but they had to live with 3 roommates to do so. Eventually, when you want your privacy back, you have to move away. For most young people, you can't have your cake and eat it too when it comes to where you choose to live.