You're not paying rent to the forest or the scenery but it's not like those are so unique to SF to justify the prices. Browse https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn

You're not paying rent to the forest or the scenery but it's not like those are so unique to SF to justify the prices. Browse https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn a bit and you'll see plenty of beautifully located cities with comparable size to SF.