> There is only one rational response that I see, especially for younger or lower income people: leave areas with absurdly exploding real estate costs. That's

> There is only one rational response that I see, especially for younger or lower income people: leave areas with absurdly exploding real estate costs. That's how it ever was and will probably always be. In the 90s I wanted to live in Manhattan, wanted it so bad it hurt. But never found anything affordable, so it didn't happen. I moved to California instead, which was then still fairly cheap.