The impression I got from the article was that he was using a recent WSJ article[0] about Boise as an impetus to bash urban development. The WSJ article is bas

The impression I got from the article was that he was using a recent WSJ article[0] about Boise as an impetus to bash urban development. The WSJ article is basically, that it’s cheaper to buy a house in Boise. Sure it is, but there’s nothing about what these people moving to the Boise metro area (population 700k) are doing. The two Californians they talk to are, a CEO who bought a second house, and a soon to be retiree. As it is, this is more of a cutting indictment of California, than Fort Lauderdale is of NYC. Yes, the housing in the desirable parts of California is too high, but at the same time, it’s high because it is desirable. It’s cheap to live in places where no one wants to live. If I wanted, I could move back to where I grew up and a buy a house for $27,000[1], but then I’d be Royalton, Illinois. [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/boise-idaho-feels-the-growing-pains-of-a-surging-population-1523793600 https://www.wsj.com/articles/boise-idaho-feels-the-growing-p... [1] https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/209-5th-St-N-Royalton-IL-62983/115623873_zpid/ https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/209-5th-St-N-Royalton-IL-...