Well, rather importantly, not everywhere. Yes, pretty much every metropolitan area that has any level of desirability as a place to live is like that now. But

Well, rather importantly, not everywhere. Yes, pretty much every metropolitan area that has any level of desirability as a place to live is like that now. But that still leaves large areas of the country in a very different situation. That doesn't describe the lives of many people, because these tend to be low population density areas. But they exist, and their "exceptionalism" might end up providing an arrow into the future just as unaffordable metros did in the 1980s.