One must also consider married households with sole bread winners. Our is one such household (I’m the breadwinner), we simply do not trust anyone else with our 17 month old son.

We are making do with a single income, and if that means that we’ll remain renters (we actually own a mobile home, we rent the space) then that is a small price to pay in exchange to having my wife at home, teaching and raising our son.

There are actually more stay-at-home momes (and dads) than many people realize, and people are making due. You simply re-prioritize your life around that. You CAN make it work with one income!

Now, a single person with one income, compared to a married couple with one income is not the same, and that is something our tax code needs to address. But for the most part it is all a mater of budgeting and living within your means.

Homes in California are definitely geared towards the dual-income families, and this needs to be (and will be) corrected before we can say that we’re back to fundamentals.