For half a million bucks, down near my SoCal office, you can get one of the two or so available listings with about 1k sqft and maybe two bedrooms. You probably

For half a million bucks, down near my SoCal office, you can get one of the two or so available listings with about 1k sqft and maybe two bedrooms. You probably have to be a dual professional income household to live down there. Want a couple of kids to have their own rooms? Tack on another 50-100% of that price. I don't even get how folks in San Fransisco do it. Go inland an hour or two, hundreds (thousands?) of listings with 3, 4, or 5 bedrooms and 2.5k+ sqft at the same or more affordable prices. You are literally going to double or more your housing costs by being in the city close to work. I decided to go full remote and moved to the middle of beautiful nowhere. I'm closer to the grocery and restaurants (limited as they are) than before. My commute is going across the hallway to my own office space. My three kids all have their own rooms. Unfortunately, they will probably have to move closer to some city when they look for careers.