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> there are few if any middle-class families in the bay area that own their homes except by inheritance or some other luck (gift, lottery) Plenty of middle cla
by babyshake 4y ago
> there are few if any middle-class families in the bay area that own their homes except by inheritance or some other luck (gift, lottery)
Plenty of middle class people bought nice homes they could afford in the bay area in the 90s. Although I suppose you could consider this "luck".
- selectodude 4y agoOr a different definition of “middle class”.
- JumpCrisscross 4y agoThe Bay Area wasn’t the economic centre it is now, then. It was closer to a boomtown, and even that effect was constrained.
- refurb 4y agoAnd plenty of middle class families bought homes in Detroit in the 1950's that nobody wants any more and are either abandoned or torn down long ago. I suppose you could consider this "bad luck".