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In reply to the discussion: Why has there been an exodus of black residents from West Coast liberal hubs? [View all]SDJay
(1,089 posts)and we live in North County San Diego. Still, if it wasn't for the fact that we happened to have saved our money and happened to be looking for a house when the market imploded in 2008, we couldn't afford to live here comfortably. We've thought about selling our house, but then we realized we'd have to buy something at current prices which would be all but untenable unless we wanted to start giving things up, such as space and the like.
The house we live in now would be less than $100,000 in a lot of smaller cities in the middle of the country, so it's not as if we're in some mansion. It's a basic, three-bedroom/two-bath, 1,500 sq. ft. house. Nothing even close to fancy or big.
Big cities are all seemingly headed this way. If we were 5 years younger we would probably be living somewhere else even if we were generating the same incomes.
It's too bad.