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There are also other places than California. Just sayin.

• scarface74 7y ago
  There are a lot more states than California....
  • toomuchtodo 7y ago
    Clearly the demand for CA living indicates how people feel about those other states. It’s not like everyone is clamoring to live in say, Georgia.
    • scarface74 7y ago
      It is like people are whining because their “six figure salaries” can’t buy a decent house in California when you can get a 3100 square foot brand new build for $2100 a month with less than $10K down, in a great school district in metro Atlanta.
      • muzz 7y ago
        Markets reveal preferences. The differences in prices reflect the dollar votes cast in the marketplace. Whining doesn't affect markets-- participation does.
        • scarface74 7y ago
          Isn’t the problem that the people who are complaining can’t “participate” because all of the current homeowners don’t want new houses built?
          • muzz 7y ago
            Hundreds of new housing units are sold every year in San Francisco. (Edit: the actual number appears to be 4,700 for 2019, which is actually lower than previous years)
            • scarface74 7y ago
              And yet people still complain how about their 250K+ salaries can’t afford them a home....
              • muzz 7y ago
                250k/yr is about enough to buy a median-priced home in San Francisco https://www.hsh.com/finance/mortgage/salary-home-buying-25-cities.html#san-francisco https://www.hsh.com/finance/mortgage/salary-home-buying-25-c...
                • scarface74 7y ago
                  Fair enough. And $200K is still more than a “software Engineer IV” makes in San Francisco on average. https://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Software-Engineer-IV-Salary-Details-San-Francisco-CA.aspx https://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Software-Engineer-IV-Sal... And let’s be honest. $1,050,000 “the median house price” doesn’t get you much. https://www.zillow.com/san-francisco-ca/ https://www.zillow.com/san-francisco-ca/
        • xtiansimon 7y ago
          Slow your roll. Markets are fine for business. Not for families. Tell you kid you'll make it up to them in Q4. ;P
    • thorwasdfasdf 7y ago
      there's a lot of people who don't want to leave their families. That doesn't mean they want to be in CA.
  • xtiansimon 7y ago
    San Jose can be in SF in ~1hr, so commuters from SF can get there for work. haha