[quote=Happs] Where are the proverbial fast food workers, cashiers and retail clerks in these coastal cities going to live and will they commute from 20 miles away if petrol is $10 per gallon? [/quote]

At home with mom and dad.

If it’s not economical then I guess there won’t be any low wage businesses in Del mar. It then becomes a crappier place to live and prices of homes and apartments fall until it finds the proper balance. Get rid of Section 8, affordable housing and other nonsense and the free market will eventually figure it out. Rents and prices fall until it makes economical sense again.