> So because one generation already got what it wanted, the following one is to be screwed? But is it? There are plenty of cheap areas to buy houses. As a rece

> So because one generation already got what it wanted, the following one is to be screwed? But is it? There are plenty of cheap areas to buy houses. As a recent grad in the 90s I wanted to live in Manhattan. I searched for a few years but was never able to find anything I could afford. Was I screwed out of home ownership? For my then-dream of living in Manhattan, yes. But in absolute terms no. I gave up and moved to California which was then cheap and bought here. The bay area has now become manhattanized in cost, so it's tough for a recent grad today but there are cheap areas today just like California was the cheap area back then for me.