A lot of times, one's proximity to work, friends, family has a non-trivial cost associated with it. Not everyone can be mobile. That said, the other side of t

A lot of times, one's proximity to work, friends, family has a non-trivial cost associated with it. Not everyone can be mobile. That said, the other side of the coin with regard to homelessness - some fall in the above; some follow to where the services/ease of access to one's vice/tolerance (also known as compassion) is. With regard to moving to a smaller town. The median income in the county in CA I live in is ~40k/year. The average house price has essentially doubled in the last 5ish years. Income, hasn't changed so much. I bought my place ~5.5 years ago and it's basically doubled and is a condo. Same issues around a lack of affordable housing in this rural mountain red county is mirrored by some of the bay area counties I moved from.