It completely depends on the supply of the particular city. SFBA has lots of split level houses that were meant for families a few generations ago and very few

It completely depends on the supply of the particular city. SFBA has lots of split level houses that were meant for families a few generations ago and very few studios. Many in this thread seem flabbergasted that a studio would be expensive or could ever be cheap, it's probably based on whatever market they're used to.