[quote=FlyerInHi]BG, you’re so inconsistent. Sometimes you say the lifestyle in CA justifies the cost of housing. Now you say moving to CA is a downgrade and Californians should move away for jobs then try to come back later.
Make up your mind.
No PNW. I hate the rain. I moved to Vegas but my family is in SD. I still have business in SD.
BG, get used to people moving to California. They will find ways to make it despite the cost of living. They may not live the lifestyle you like, but the world doesn’t revolve around you. And, in time, zoning will adjust to the needs of the population.[/quote]The “coastal lifestyle” DOES justify the cost of housing …. for those who can afford it. Even though our beaches and bays are public, CA coastal RE was never meant for the masses to own. It’s been that way forever. Nothing has changed except the “expectations” of today’s homebuyer (mainly the millenials and youngest Gen X-ers). Their housing expectations in this region are through the roof! They have fantasies of how they should be able to live and their “sense of entitlement” keeps them from accepting what is actually on offer in their price range reasonably close to their jobs. Hence, we see a lot of young workers (with families in tow) take jobs in SD … only to move somewhere else which has a lifestyle inapposite to SD’s … and commute every day to work.
This massive group did it to themselves. And they were able to do it because our local gubment created the exurban sprawl mess we have now. This same demographic does not have that choice if they accept a position in CA’s Silicon Valley. Not unless they want the (hardscrabble) life of 5-8 hrs commuting every day. This is so because those regional leaders in bay area counties made good decisions as stewards of their environment. They took their elected posts and the wishes of their constituencies seriously, where SD County’s leaders did not.
