House prices are greatly artificially inflated by zoning restrictions, and this is seriously hurting western people going forward. However, a smart 18 year old

House prices are greatly artificially inflated by zoning restrictions, and this is seriously hurting western people going forward. However, a smart 18 year old can still work towards making $200k/yr compensation as a software engineer within a few years, even remote, where single family homes on an 8k sqft. lot are $400k across the US.