So I'll just give you some simple answers.
If you don't already own a house, it's not a functioning area for families, or those wanting to own a house, aka "priced out forever."
Commuting farther is an option in other parts of the USA, but not the Bay Area, since it's constrained by hills and the Bay.
The non-owners living here need a gaffe of some kind:
* shared accommodation
* fly into a city airport with a private plane
* know a Prop 13 owner (ultra-low property tax) who wants to rent to a friend
* find an in-law unit coming onto the rental market
* navigate the Sunset area flop houses
* connections to ethnic communities with below-market asks
* get employer to chip in
* homestead a sketchy area of Oakland
* be a multi-unit superintendent (those used to offer a free apt. on-site, but recently I heard of almost market rent being charged)
So I'll just give you some simple answers.
If you don't already own a house, it's not a functioning area for families, or those wanting to own a house, aka "priced out forever."
Commuting farther is an option in other parts of the USA, but not the Bay Area, since it's constrained by hills and the Bay.
The non-owners living here need a gaffe of some kind:
* shared accommodation
* fly into a city airport with a private plane
* know a Prop 13 owner (ultra-low property tax) who wants to rent to a friend
* find an in-law unit coming onto the rental market
* navigate the Sunset area flop houses
* connections to ethnic communities with below-market asks
* get employer to chip in
* homestead a sketchy area of Oakland
* be a multi-unit superintendent (those used to offer a free apt. on-site, but recently I heard of almost market rent being charged)