A too public servant family (teacher, police, firefighter,etc.) easily makes $130-$170K a year.

Not sure if you’re being facetious here. A friend of mine has been a firefighter for 15yrs and I know he only makes in the 80k range even though he is a veteran.

Also not all households are equally paired up, the 80k firefighter and the 60k teacher..yeah, if only life were that perfect. I know many people where the wife doesn’t work at all. In addition, considering the divorce rate in SoCal of almost 70%, over a span of 30yrs how many households are going to have that constant combined income?

You guys are taking ideal perfectionist cases and presenting it as reality. Ridiculous! In real life things are much different, a large majority of people cannot afford even a $400k house. Infact, a recent report stated that MOST people in SoCal cannot afford to repurchase their existing home at current price points!