Click on the link above and look at CA. You will notice it is referring to exurbs and *new* “suburbs” which sprung from longtime farmland.
It’s not referring to communities such as Mira Mesa, which is actually “urban” (or “1st-tier suburban”). YOU and your “Gen-Y friends” are close to major job centers. The (CA) communities the CNN article is referring to sprung up in the last decade out of well-known agricultural areas.
These are CA’s future ghost towns, IMHO.
A property costing $400K in MM would cost only $150K – $200K in the outskirts of Stockton (for a comparable property). This is where the “poor” from both in-state and out-of-state are flocking to. They can’t fit a family of five into a 1 br condo in MM for $1200 month.
