Well I got to throw this out as well, all the time I have been a home owner, I have NEVER lived less than 45 minutes from work., almost EVERYONE of the CA natives I know have ever lived less than 30 minute’s drive from work, none of them had an ocean view home from their first home at least.

None of them bought a New home as their first home, in fact most of the homes were at least 30 years old and needing some repair.

Most were 30, or near 30 when they bought their first home in SoCal, Meaning they were well on their way to established careers by the time they bought their first home in SoCal.

Yes it has ALWAYS been tough to buy a home in SoCal I would say especially for boomers (we had a lot of competition, each other!).