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When I’m looking at homes to actually buy, I look for areas and homes that I, and other normal people, can afford. It’s a big country, you don’t have to live in California, nor does anyone need a massive home.
I’ll look at the crazy stuff, but just for fun. I’m not shopping and getting upset about it.
Well I mean some people have to live in California, New York, Ontario and other obscene high COL areas. There are also a lot of jobs that really ONLY exist in Los Angeles in any meaningful way. Doesn’t have to be 18m but go ahead and try to find a house in one of those regions within your budget and imagine having no alternative.
Plus they are nice places to live with more progressive state laws and protections some people don’t feel safe leaving. I know what you’re trying to say and I understand. Just want to point out that people are able to look at RIDICULOUS real estate to laugh at or daydream or cure curiosity, and then get frustrated because honestly all their options feel just as ridiculous and unachievable.
Are those jobs really worth it if every dime you make goes toward the inflated costs of living there?
Some people might feel they need to live in a certain place, but that doesn’t mean you need to be one of them. With 50 options in the US, and several more if you’re including Canada with Ontario, I think people have more options than they think. Also, go down to the city level. All of Ontario isn’t Toronto.
If someone isn’t working a job that enables them to pay those inflated prices, I don’t think it’s worth being there.
Right… Leave a meaningful career that you love, and go swing a hammer in Nebraska, 2500 miles from home, friends, and family, just so you can have food and shelter.
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Its so simple for you but for those of us that actually grew up in places like California we don’t want to move 800 miles just to afford a house. We don’t want to move away from our friends and family members just to be able to afford a house in the middle of butt-fucking nowhere.
Someone in your family’s history made the choice to leave family to move there for what they thought would be a better life. Maybe with how things are going there, people need to start leaving California for the same reason.
I’m not saying anyone has to leave, it’s you’re life and you can do whatever you want. I’m just saying that maybe if the option was on the table people would feel a little less stuck and helpless.