Priced Out: The Bay Area Housing Struggle

[@hijinks21]

Sold my home in the Bay area last year and got out. Best decision of my life so far.

[@als2cents679]

How much did you sell it for and how much is it worth now?

[@bigfootswatching9986]

DAM........NOW YOU ARE FRIGGIN RICH !! HOW MUCH IF YOU DON'T MIND??

[@skylerjacobs6384]

Glad you boomers are finally leaving God bless Google

[@josezaragoza6405]

Good

[@divinefeminineoracle5825]

@@skylerjacobs6384 😂😂😂

[@ZX587X]

Hey people of San Francisco, you know what is better then making 80k a year? Moving to another state and making 50k a year, being able to own a home in a decent neighborhood, and having a 15 min commute to work.

[@genericscout5408]

@3 name changes allowed every 90 days. if you have an 80K job a year in Cali you can transfer those skills away, or work until you save enough to leave. If the rent is too high, it's also affordable to just buy a mobile vehicle.

[@justsomenerd8925]

@3 name changes allowed every 90 days. average people should be harvested for their resources, like the idiots they are.

[@justsomenerd8925]

@JustAGentleman I'll take shit that never happened for $500.

[@justsomenerd8925]

@JustAGentleman okay kid. Whatever helps you sleep at night. You could have just moved to Houston and skipped the California part. You are either dumb or lying.

[@james5460]

@JustAGentleman A lot of people rent. A LOT of people rent. And they are not saving anything. If you bought and held, good for you. But a LOT of people rent. It is very, very difficult for newcomers to get on the ladder. If you did, wonderful. You're a God. You're wonderful (and I'm sure everyone you know owns, too, so bully for them). But a LOT of people rent. Did I say that yet? A LOT of people rent.

[@davebow5646]

CALIFORNIA is ONLY for 2 classes of people- the extremely rich and the extremely poor, if you're any where in between and you didn't get established 25 years ago...you will not make in CA, take as much of your money/assets as you can to another state. In the report Leow and Yong are both a part of the real estate business and even they are saying housing is not going to become affordable in CA. $ 1.1 million will buy you a mansion in TX.

[@karbon9703]

dave bow That’s not true for all of California, only for select cities there. Your statements are mainly true only for the cities where those extremely rich HQ their main offices. The rest of California is doing fine.

[@davebow5646]

@@karbon9703 Tell that to millions of people in CA who pay over half of their income to rent or mortage. You can live at a reasonable price in CA if you move out to the desert somewhere with a population of 27, and NO jobs to speak of except starting your own meth lab in the backyard.

[@Mike_Davidson]

@@karbon9703 Any city in California within 100 miles of the ocean is in the same situation as the Bay Area.

[@Daniel-z2j2v]

AL Ian very true. Look at Tracy Manteca and Ripon prices have skyrocketed there. Locals for sure are priced out.

[@Kuzyapso]

1 million would buy you a super mansion in Texas with incredible amenities

[@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286]

Thank you for doing an entire half hour of this story.

[@socrs]

Remove all the zoning and building regulations, and build high rise apartments. Tons of em like Japan. Rent would be about 1k which would be about right

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

Soc Seamon - Some areas cannot due to earthquakes...

[@stephicool]

@@sfrealestatedealmaker6001 Japan is also earthquake prone and they have strict building codes. If you see footages of the 2011 earthquake the buildings were swaying a bit to withstand the 9.0 magnitude earthquake. Bay Area could certainly learn a thing or two.

[@jeffc1347]

The Japanese are great at working together to solve problems, pretty much the opposite of the west.

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

Stephystar - Yeah, but Japan has Godzilla, we have avocado toast. 🤠

[@deathblade909]

High rises would only make it worst, The problem is not enough homes being built. That and code is pretty strict for that area.

[@kalkeikuu]

This reminds me of where I reside, Honolulu Hawaii, where it is so expensive that the locals are getting priced out of Hawaii, either becoming homeless, or having to forced themselves to move away. Tough times.

[@Mathin3D]

@ Natural And here I was thinking of the MAGA promised... :)

[@nothing9474]

Mathin3D both are under control of Dem party for decades. Think twice

[@Chartoise]

Kinda your own fault tho... Shouldnt have made it so nice in Hawaii. Take Detroit for example... nobody wants to live there. Be like Detroit

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

@@Chartoise I do and love it..,glad it’s got a bad rep. I live one of the most beautiful neighborhoods here. Never had a problem

[@baronvonjo1929]

Just visited a friend who lives in Honolulu and she feels the same. I've never seen a city look so much like a dystopian city.

[@Pyrrhus0331]

Im an Electrician, wife is a E.D RN and we have 2 kids. We do pretty well but the thought of buying a home where we live in San Jose has become a thing of the past. hearing the stories of these mega commuters makes us realize that we don't want to buy in the valley. We're now looking into Nevada, Arizona and Oregon. the Bay Area has pretty much thrown up the middle finger to the middle class

[@Pyrrhus0331]

@Jessie Jay yea we've been looking in northern NV(Carson City/Sparks). AZ is awesome though. My grandparents retired in Peoria AZ. so I went there often when I was a kid. Unfortunate what the bay area has become. Over the last few years we've had friends and many of her coworkers moving out to the northwest and midwest.

[@katherinewalker4196]

New Mexico and Utah are good for middle class too

[@kansasthunderman1]

The economy of the Bay Area is fueled by billions in government money and that's what's causing hyper inflation.

[@davidmandell9909]

That what happens when you elect leftists and their elites......

[@alexm5209]

Even the commuter train towns here in the New York area arent that expensive. With the exception of places like Rye, Scarsdale, Harrison, Great Neck/Kings Point, Sands Point, Plandome, Manhasset, Short Hills, Summit, Bronxville, Greenwich, Westport, Darien, New Cannan, Irvington, Garden City and Larchmont of course. You can get a 3 bedroom house for around $400k, even in Nassau County (Long Island). I found a 3 bedroom house in Glen Cove for $359,000, it's a beautiful small city on Long Island's North Shore. It's near Hempstead Bay. If u visit NY anytime soon, I recommend you check out the Welwyn Preserve, a park right on the bay. Great place to watch the sunset over the water. I know as I've been there😊 In addition, you can get to New York City on the Long Island Railroad's Oyster Bay Branch. Only thing is the train doesnt come very frequently, but if you need to, you can drive down to Mineola to catch a train there. Plus, most of the Oyster Bay trains will terminate at Jamacia Station in Eastern Queens. However, you can transfer to a train to Penn Station or an E train If you are going to Manhattan. New York City is known for traffic, but you can avoid it by taking the subway😁 By the way, the train ride on the Long Island Railroad from Glen Cove to Jamacia is 45 minutes Btw, here is the Welwyn Preserve😍🏖 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3LLoHufr8RrnJo

[@Neryssa111]

I’m outside the Bay Area, but I see my family members struggle to live there. I know two families living together and having all the teens work along with adults to pay for the monthly rent. I would suggest anyone is that situation to just leave the Bay Area because there are 49 other states and territories. Remember think of your future health and what you want to do with your life. Working to just get by is not a life.

[@TheCoffeeNut711]

My parents weren't smart enough to move out in the 90s when they had the means to do so. Now we're struggling

[@patriciaramirez3139]

Neryssa111 You are absolutely correct.

[@darkwoodmovies]

"The low listing price of $899k" - that quote just about sums up the bay area housing market.

[@estellepatella2520]

The quality of life in the bay area gets worse as the cost of housing gets higher. It's like a third world country, now.

[@3.9inches17]

estelle patella wait a couple years and it will be worse for the poor. But it gets better for the rich! These housing prices will go even higher

[@nunyad7293]

“Third world country” lol. Thanks for the hearty chuckle.

[@Paul-sk2pc]

Was your economic class taught by a physical education coach? How can third world country residents afford 1~2 millions dollars house? As the price go up, it will drive the poor and uneducated out and therefore better neighborhood.

[@apextroll]

How much for a first world crib?

[@IEZ69]

@Destiny tran I'm in the middle and I dont pay my butt off.

[@kittycat0876]

You couldn’t pay me enough to live in the Bay Area it’s nasty

[@mattr8090]

120k is low income??? Bye California Hello Texas!

[@pjeng1]

You need to make around $200,000 pre-tax dollars a year to be called a base income in CA.

[@linusmlgtips2123]

@@pjeng1 lol not really.

[@mattr8090]

@that guy good luck with that. Too many extreme liberals here pushing their agendas down our throats. I'll take the mansions heat and gun shots lmao!

[@pjeng1]

@that guy Texas is a very large state and Houston is a very large city. So, you need to carefully choose the right location over there. Some areas in TX or Houston is really nice and you just need to find out more about the place. Lastly, San Francisco area in CA where you used to live will see a continuation of population growth and the increase of home price due to nice weather and job opportunities.

[@pjeng1]

@@mattr8090 Arizona and Texas will see more and more people moving in from CA, and it is just a matter of time for both states to become more and more "liberal" overtime. You folks in TX might need to build a wall between the borders of CA and AZ or AZ and TX.

[@mixflip]

So glad I left Solano county years ago.

[@james6490ify]

That crap house sold for $1.2 million....

[@kizzthis9983]

they'll probably bulldoze the house & build a bigger one

[@3.9inches17]

Location location location. Some people still don’t realize that’s biggest factor in home price

[@jonathancisneros7150]

Dang an overpriced house

[@lordhumongus8669]

It will be on the Foreclosure list soon if a Foreign Investor didn't just buy it as a Vacant Investment.

[@ultrainstinctgoku9321]

Give China some time. They'll buy up all of San Francisco just as they're doing in Australia, Canada, and the Caribbean

[@eyeswideopen8115]

I left the Central Valley after rent kept increasing , then went back to home turf ( Bay Area ) but then I saw the same madness happening that caused me to leave the Bay . I prayed on it then months later came to the conclusion that I don't want to be anywhere near CA due to the ever increasing rents , gang violence , too over populated on & on !!! Saved up for a rental , packed all our belongings & left , which turned out to be one of my best decisions ever , years later here I am blessed to be a home owner of a brand new home & still mind boggled on how God opened them doors while watching my newly planted trees/garden grow & equity build .

[@ObiJuanKenobi0_0]

Americans: 20yrs and she can’t speak English? Real reason: they work in industries where there are no English speaking coworkers, they live in low-income housing, which is predominantly Latino, they are also working double shifts so they can’t take night classes. Rich American college student: travels the world speaking English.

[@genericscout5408]

@Thelondonbadger Screwing over Americans is good for the economy though Democrats believe this and push for it, and it's true. It's good for rich people. Hence the "Economy"

[@JHockeyFan]

Kiba-kun Von Keelber Should still assimilate. My mom and her family immigrated from the Philippines to Chicago in the 70s, and her parents learned English. Sure, they still had/have thick accents, but they can communicate pretty well. My mom and uncle completely assimilated as well, speak perfect English.

[@theilliad4298]

Thelondonbadger what an amazing statement. Because you know what? They must be the ones profiting off of their labor. Paying them what they want, when they want,if they want. I never trust a rich person who wants to do good deeds, because they have to be profiting from it.

[@larryh502]

Always a fucking excuse.

[@elissam.corsmeier469]

Our country Our language

[@lordhumongus8669]

That Dump for 899k is worth 50k. That lady that bought that trailer needs to be in a Nursing home for Dementia.

[@scottshingleton384]

She should have bought land for that mobile home instead of living in a mobile home park. That would have made more sense.

[@lordhumongus8669]

@kwong95wc Yeah Nowhereville Vail Colorado watching that Dump Collapse in Commiefornia. The Pink Toilet nice touch worth every dollar lol. Well at least it has a toilet and not feces on the floor like the Streets of San Francisco bwahaha.

[@lordhumongus8669]

Ok 75k pffft.

[@jarrodvsinclair]

Friends of mine lived south of there in San Jose and sold thier trailer for just under 400k (3bed 2 bath) in September and moved to Idaho. So that lady's mobile in mountain view is likely work 500k+ now. Things are only worth what people are willing to pay

[@femaleenergy7715]

Lord Humongus hahahahaha!

[@jaystorlie132]

You all need to move to an affordable state. My mortgage for my 4 br, 2 ba house in Minnesota is under $600/month including insurance and property taxes. Don't know how anyone can make ends meet in that type of situation. Good Luck All .

[@LilRedRasta]

That house should be worth about 150k. Man I wish I owned property out there before it got so expensive. Imagine the fortune you would make selling your house. This is why buying property is smart. You can get a situation like this where the house appreciates tremendously over time.

[@DelbertStinkfester]

$1400 for the lot rent?.....WOW!!!!.....More then my mortgage payment on a 2200 sqft house

[@timothyyhtomit]

DelbertStinkfester that’s cheap Southern California beach cities it’s over $2500 and in Newport Beach it’s $4000 to rent just the lot

[@DelbertStinkfester]

@@timothyyhtomit I don't understand where people get the money to pay those prices....Is everyone in So. Cal. making $75 an hour?

[@jusrayne]

@@DelbertStinkfester mostly roommates or people who own houses renting out rooms for like 500-1000 a month some people rent rooms and have two people two a room and each pay that amount of rent its insane

[@mr.b3168]

In California it's normal to rent bedrooms. That shits weird out east. Telling someone you live in someone's bedroom would get you creepy stares

[@jusrayne]

@@mr.b3168 lol

[@ronque23]

I live in NYC. It’s not just the prices of rent, it’s the price for every damn thing. Even the Bronx is getting gentrified. I got tired of long train commutes and excessive roommates and just bought an RV in a neighborhood in Queens just on the other side of the East River. My commute is now only 25 minutes and I pay no rent, but of course there are other trade offs. It’s not glamorous but I recommend people all over the country in similar situations consider the RV lifestyle. Many people here are doing it and NYC is obviously a 4 season city.

[@ronque23]

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[@bestariel._.yuh029]

I ain’t shovel snow tho 😊

[@genericscout5408]

It only works when you've got a place to park.

[@garydavidson6917]

in 1979, my parents bought their first home for $97,000.00 in contra costa county i bought my first condo in 1990 for $120,000 - then bought my first house in 1992 for $420K both in Alameda that is why i have decided to give my current house to my son - as soon as he finishes law school home ownership days are long gone!!

[@millertoyal]

My job took me to San Jose in 2005- 06. Lived there a year. I would look at the TV and see dumpster homes for $400k! I thought, who the hell is buying these dilapidated homes at such a ridiculous price? Then the 08 crash came. I'm reminded of that watching this.

[@magicskyfairy69]

that chart seems like BS - there's no chance in hell you're finding a house in San Fran for 1.4Mil

[@ek9772]

The cost for Tracy is at least 3.5-hours in commuting per day. Assume she gets $20 per hour, and she works 5-days per week, and she works 50-weeks per year. This is (3.5)(5)(50(20)=$17,500. Her opportunity cost is $17,500 per year since she could (invest this time) earn this if she had a second job or lived next to her job place. Over 10-years, this $175,000. Now add to this car depreciation, maintenance, fuel, and insurance. Finally, add to this her health cost since stress and pollution is decreasing her lifespan. In other words, her real cost is way over $200,000 over ten years. This is assuming she and her family will last this long. This is too sad for words.

[@HD893]

Add a car accident every 5-year. The cost is now bankruptcy/injury/death.

[@Jetski270]

I was one of those super commuters from Tracy. Had to leave Tracy at 4:30 AM to avoid the traffic congestion that started at 5 AM. It really got bad after 2016 when folks from the bay area were being pushed out into the Valley because of the high cost of homes and rent in the bay area. Now the homes in the valley are way over priced not to mention new construction home are big homes on micro lots with just a patio and no yard or side yard. Tracy use to be a non congested town but they are clearly building to cater folks from the bay area. This seemed to be the trend throughout California so my solution, I moved out of the state. This is the plan of those who have created this upon the middle class.

[@pumarealtor]

@bling0023 I commend you for moving out. Many people are afraid of change. May be in order to stop or control this ridiculous housing crisis, many Californians will need to move out of the state.

[@Jetski270]

@@pumarealtor I honestly am certain that is the big tech companies plan. To price out the middle class so you only have Rich and Poor in California. 117k a year is considered poverty in the Bay Area and that's insane

[@pumarealtor]

@bling0023 Yea that is insane. What's also insane is many folks in the Bay Area prefer to stay and suffer through this housing and poverty crisis rather than move out like you did.

[@khatarootube]

Every time you fill out an application it cost $30 for a credit check. It can cost you $700 in fees just to find a place.

[@Mike-pj1kv]

Seems like leaving the super expensive bay area would be the only thing that can possibly work.

[@margaretstainer5470]

Lived in the Bay Area, San Francisco since 1965. Our family left California 2 wks ago. Living in an air B and B in Portland until tomorrow. will move into a 4 bedroom home in Vancouver Washington. Rent now less than rent of 2 bedroom small house for

[@nicholasthompson7690]

Margaret Stainer How is it?

[@margaretstainer5470]

Love it here. So much more nature here. Spring daffodils everywhere and the tree blooming in pink flowers. A sunny day is joy filled. I think there has been about 5 sunshine days since the first of December. Now I understand why green velvety moss grows everywhere here. Saw an eagle a couple weeks ago just perched on the , top of the tallest tree. Have never seen a wild eagle just flying about. Went to Powell’s Book store yesterday. So fabulous, , People read here a lot. How wonderful. In Bay Area people running after their over trafficked freeways, tech jobs, hi hi rents and yes 1 .

[@margaretstainer5470]

1/2 Million will get you a duplex or a crappy regular. House built in the 1950’s when Silicon Valley wasn’t even called Silicon Valley yet. We had to leave Cal because a 2 bedroom crappy house rental now more than $3600. A month. We headed north in a 26 foot truck of belongings not knowing where we would land. So now in Vancouver WA just across the bridge from Portland. Beautiful 100 yr old homes with big kitchens, a basement a person can live in and such a beautiful yard full of trees, plants a big old porch. Anyone on the edge thinking of leaving California...do it..and I lived in Cal over 50 yrs.. Life is more mindful here. people take walks, garden and read. In Fremont, Ca where I lived, taught art in college, etc only has I bookstore, 1/2 price books. No comparison whatsoever to Powell’s. It has been a good relocation, although the culture shock is still challenging.

[@justinfranks8222]

Real simple. Move out of the Bay Area. I am. I've been priced out. Rent will never come down. Despite all the housing being built now

[@TwinSister1957]

EXACTLY.....CHANGE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE...MOVE OUT OF CALI

[@joni1405]

There is no housing being built lol. SF hasn't increased housing construction in 30 years

[@davidsurgick5711]

It has nothing to do with liberal or conservative. Pretty narrow minded to blame your demise on someone else. My wife is Canadian and that has happened in Toronto and Vancouver. It's mainly the Chinese getting money out of China through real estate. It's also happening in London as well. The people that bought my home in San Jose were from China and paid cash.

[@chelsea7xhf]

Come on man, don't blame everything to immigrants, California is in US right? Get your own shit together ok.

[@Son37Lumiere]

@@sfrealestatedealmaker6001 No, this is due to greedy developers and homeowners taking advantage of the demand.

[@Son37Lumiere]

@@sfrealestatedealmaker6001 Nice false analogy jackass, only that's not what's happening at all.

[@davidsurgick5711]

Many of these people aren't immigrants, they are just parking their money here to get it out of China. Those that are on H1B visas aren't the ones with that type of money. Those people are here to work in the high tech field.

[@Son37Lumiere]

@@sfrealestatedealmaker6001 It's called supply and demand genius, when demand goes up, those with the supply always raise the prices because they can and because there are enough people willing to pay those inflated prices. Why do they do it? Because more money. Do I need to quote the definition of greed for you?

[@Polarbear5353]

Move to Washington State, about the same income, no state income tax, and it’s still affordable......if you pay rent in the Bay Area you’ll be able to afford a home. Why struggle so much? Our family left the Bay Area and my children are flourishing. Once you leave, when come back to visit... you’ll be asking why didn’t you leave long ago.

[@MrAdrian13]

Just don’t vote democrat or you’ll ruin other states too. Unfortunately Oregon and Washington already turned blue. Conservative states that are outvoted by the big cities

[@Polarbear5353]

adrian m8 true

[@ingrid44556]

adrian m8 hahaha because red states are doing great, right? alabama and mississippi are shitholes with high unemployment and poverty...

[@slickawesome7807]

​@@ingrid44556 At least they don't have poop on the streets and homeless camping on the sidewalk

[@genericscout5408]

@@ingrid44556 Maybe unemployment reduces costs of living, houses are much cheaper after all there.

[@LawrenceAdele1919]

I was born in California, my grand kids are 4th generation Californian's and I left and moved to Oregon two years ago. BEST decision I ever made! Housing is normal here, people have quality of life. California has gone downhill over the years and the infrastructure and cost of living is unbearable. Plus the the state is dirty, polluted and completely run down. Bye Bye!!

[@RGE_Music]

where in oregon?

[@chineseslaves1971]

I know, Californians were so awestruck with the beauty of Oregon, it’s like another planet. A gardening paradise, soil is rich and easy to work with, bay areas is like clay.

It appears that the Bay area has become the type of city where having a very high income is the only way you can survive in it. For the people who are becoming priced out of the market, it may be time to look at alternatives like a less expensive state. Why prolong the agony? Eight people in a one bedroom is absurd!

[@jusrayne]

Yeah if the mom says 10,000 income to rent they are Probloby asking 3 to 4 times the rent income in order to live there

[@jackspdr]

I saw another show that showed overseas investors that speculated bought and held empty real estate. This artificially lowers supply which prompts price increase. This is not allowed in stock trading but somehow allowed in real estate. When these overseas investor start dumping product you will see another housing market bubble pop.

[@genericscout5408]

Buying more real estate means paying more property taxes. Every 100 houses you buy you give the govt 1 free each year.

[@kansasthunderman1]

You got that right. There are 100s of brand new "Housing Over Retail" developments with empty storefronts on the ground floors. At night, there are hardly any lights on in the residential floors. I believe there may actually be an over supply of housing and prices are sky rocketing just because of speculation and panic buying.

[@Karmindd]

I just looked up the price of this home today. July 28, 2022 and discovered it recently sold for $4,650,000! That was 4/21/22.

[@nicholasthompson7690]

Wow

[@lordhumongus8669]

Looks like a Giant Tech Toilet lol.

[@kingphillieman]

It is.

[@msKita43]

This is what it's like in Austin Texas now 😭

[@Kuzyapso]

Ironically cuz California moved there

[@denisemayosky1955]

@Anonymous Guy It used to be that way in California too. Then the whole greed thing happened with building and pricing housing for the highly-paid tech engineers; and meanwhile, regular people are priced out. I mean, where do *we* go? We didn't ask for this!

[@denisemayosky1955]

@Anonymous Guy Sadly, that's true. Where to go, though - that's the question.

[@Baasicstuff]

12:45 he’s worked for the same company $17 hr ..... hmmm ok day labors are 100-160$ a day all illegal but why hire your company when labors so cheap? This is a sanctuary state, and most Hispanics vote for that. Well you would be marking a hell of a lot more than $17 hr but you vote for open boarders. I don’t want to hear any complaints about income. You need to adapt as the hispanic population rises expect higher taxes and lower wages. No big deal for those with money as the rise in cost is minimal to them. Life goes on as normal for the rich as your rent rises 2, 3 now maybe 4 times higher than before. You blame the rich white man for your decision to allow illegals to undercut your wages? Hilarious! I have money as I’m a salesman and Mexico is not really a country of salesman. I just tire of hearing the poor complain as we tell them what’s best and we’re called racist. You can lead a horse to water but can’t force them to drink.

[@Junk65]

I was priced out of the bay area 30 years ago. I can only imagine now.

[@jenniferf.2727]

Yeah right the crash is upon us

[@DelbertStinkfester]

I mean Holy Hell what kind of jobs do these people have to afford the payment on those prices.....What are they getting 100 year mortgages or something?

[@idiocracyishere4531]

The crash will be epic compared to 2008. The job market will evaporate like we have never seen before. Boomers will be dumping their houses as fast as they can starting in March.

[@Guerrilla727]

@@idiocracyishere4531 Silver is ridiculously cheap right now. Better get in

[@lordhumongus8669]

@@DelbertStinkfester They don't have the jobs or income this is a International Central Banking Attack on all Americans. Been going on for 35 plus Years.

[@Alhoneydrizo]

@@idiocracyishere4531 what will happen to all the houses? What jobs, work will be of value? Are people still going to want to have social gatherings-hangouts,chill outs, music venues, sesh'es? Was the crash a sign of consciousness collectively no longer believing in the hype. For a human to have work the kind of work that gave sail to the soul that work actually fueled the soul.

[@80sbaby12]

Last time I checked there were no walls on the boarders of the states, you are allowed to freely go and move to places like Nashville , Charlotte , Greenville , Orlando, columbus Ohio, etc I can go on, but you can find steady jobs anywhere I'm the states if one thing doesn't work theirs other opportunties to go and try, this isnt a dictatorship here , we can move wherever we want

[@wolfyklip]

I 100 % agreed!! Your freed to GO!! I'm staying as all my other siblings! We were here since the mid 1950"s....life is Good!!

[@kansasthunderman1]

All those other places will eventually get developed like California. Do a search for "Agenda 21" and you will see the plan to pave over the entire country into one coast to coast "Mega City".

[@joni1405]

@@kansasthunderman1 LOL it's impossible for the rest of the country to wind up like the Bay Area because there aren't enough people to make the entire country that dense. You're talking out of your ass

[@wshtb]

Local politicians: we want high paying jobs! Also local politicians: we don't want new buildings!

[@kansasthunderman1]

What the Hell are you talking about? New buildings are going up right and left and the Bureau Of Building Inspection is rubber stamping approval with inadequate review.

[@denisemayosky1955]

@@kansasthunderman1 Just not for affordable housing!

[@suckaducka5607]

It’s ridiculous. I’m waiting for retirement and I’m gonna RV full time. I’ll never be in the same place for more than 14 days.

[@timcisneros1351]

Yeah, $899,000 is the lowest priced home in the neighborhood. Says it all. Nobody in my profession can afford that. I have a small metal shop. We have rented in the Bay Area for 38 years. I always dreamed of building my own home with my own hands. Raising two children we always rented in decent neighborhoods so our kids could grow up in a safe environment and go the decent schools (always more expensive) We sacrificed home ownership for our kids. In 2016 we purchased a 1.5 acre parcel of "raw" land near Flagstaff Arizona. I am building a Timber Frame mountain lodge style cabin from lumber I milled myself for my wife and I to retire with the help of our two boys! The greatest family adventure of our lives. No way we could do this in the Bay Area. I go twice a year and stay for 2-4 weeks (until the money runs out) then I return and start preparing for the next trip six months later. All debt-free. I own the deed. Property taxes were $350 last year. Permit fee for the cabin? $400. In California expect to pay over $100,000 for permit fees alone. Let that sink in.

[@full6330name]

About a month ago I travled from EU to visit SF. I was shocked by the amount of homeless people and how people who worked at starbucks,subway etc. couldn't even speak english to me. The city was such a letdown I can't even beging explaning it to you.

[@aab434]

@Michael Asay where is it??

[@johnstancliff7328]

I left in 1994, I'm sure glad I did.... but now this story is in Boise, Idaho.... crazy!

[@Bobinanena]

There’s a SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL, for all the people taking part in the displacement of ALL these people! It’s Ungodly to do this.....

[@Inbal_Feuchtwanger]

It isnt a crime to want a job and a home. The situation is extremely simple. There are high paying tech jobs creating demand for housing, but there isnt enough housing being made. Blame your idiot politicians who over-regulate and prevent development. Or maybe the current residents who selfishly say NIMBY because they want to preserve their neighborhoods so called charm. Ironic that the people who complain about housing are the same who support the policies which exasperate the problem.

[@James-mw7zv]

It's supply and demand. It is what it is, no one's fault

[@kingphillieman]

@@Inbal_Feuchtwanger or blame the bay area for being greedy and wanting all these companies out here and no commitment to hire locally. Plenty of jobs for others who aren't from here

[@gpk1982]

It's not supply & demand - it's systemic greed because corrupt people took a necessity & turned it into a commodity.

[@ronaldckrausejr7762]

Priced out? Then one is not looking at all of the options. 1. Find a general contractor to do work on a house. If the house does not need a lot of work find any contractor that will not charge you full retail. Try local hardware stores to find people who do regular company work, but also work on the side - if they can also be insured to do so. 2. Learn to do as much as possible by yourself = within reason and within being legal. You will not be able to do most plumbing work or most electrical work. 3. Get more creative... Add solar/battery to make financing considerably better - and add in a lot of refunds. 4. Strongly weigh an duplex combination, or converting to a duplex if possible (yes it is possible if one knows the way to do it); or even purchasing an apartment building. Besides money (which doesn't take as much as one thinks); time is the only thing against you.

[@Rj-zj6mp]

How about move out of California....it sucks!

[@denisemayosky1955]

Would love to, believe me!

[@bigskydude8068]

Folks who spend that kind of price on an “average at best “ home you could get anywhere else in the country for under $100k are complete fkn idiots and deserve to get fleeced......🤣😂🤣😂

[@luna-uz7lu]

People move move out and leave California empty to see who s going to work for them

[@KN-ko8ez]

3BR house for $6200 a month...now 8 people living in a 1BR apartment. That’s just sad, and wrong.

[@eddieunlocked2201]

At that point, just move to AZ or TX. U gotta know when to leave. 8 people in a 1 bedroom? California isn't worth that 😕

[@nicholasthompson7690]

@@eddieunlocked2201 or tn

[@Joe-eu6yn]

The Hispanic family were soo humble. Great on them, and hope things work out for them.

[@mr.m.7357]

I live in Seguin, Tx. Right in between San Antonio and Austin. Down the road from San Marcos and New Braunfels. In this city you can get a mini mansion for $500k. 🤦‍♂️

[@xiqikxx8967]

wow a studio for $400K....I can buy 3 houses and 1 brand new year model car for $400K where i live

[@chengliu872]

Where do you live? Detroit?

[@JTDyer21]

I look for there to be riots over high housing prices in California.

[@Mike_Davidson]

*People will be commuting from Reno soon.* 😂😂😂😂

[@shadowzach00]

Give it time

[@KURTrek]

Once self-driving cars become a thing I wouldn't be surprised

[@denisemayosky1955]

Don't laugh. They probably already are!

[@realtruth3731]

Move!

[@LilyGazou]

She lived here 20 years but never learned English?

[@MimiKeel]

And?

[@Jay-pf2cn]

@@MimiKeel and...that's probably why they are broke.

[@doomtomb3]

@Phoenix No you don't need to learn Spanish to communicate with them - you end up not communicating with them. And they end up learning nothing.

[@BigT209]

No shit. I lived in China didn't know a word and spoke it pretty fluent after 3 years.

[@koichinishi9075]

#MAGA!!!! #JapaneseforTrump!!!

[@rawfoodphilosophy7061]

Home Alone homelessness is going up in correlation with the rent prices going up wait another 10 years when the rent prices triple and you are going to see a massive freakishly huge homeless population

[@demisemedia]

Hello fellow Bay Area residents. I'm Darrick, born & raised in San Jose, Ca. My grandmother worked at At&t in Santa Clara for 33+ years and bought a home in the early 80's for $120k. My father in law's parents bought their home in 1971 for $24k. Now these 2 house are "worth" more than $1.2 Million. 💰It's not necessarily the home as much as it is location (tech jobs aka silicon valley) & supply/demand. I NEVER thought that someone born & raised in a pretty nice city would grow up to be out priced by tech workers & H1B Visa foreigners. Either i stay and put up a good financial fight to survive, or simply leave and find a new horizon.

[@Daniel-z2j2v]

DemiseMusic&Entertainment why stay and struggle when there’s other places you can live comfortably? I was also born and raised here in California but looking elsewhere to another state. Look around on Zillow check out home prices in other states. Way cheaper than here.

[@demisemedia]

@@Daniel-z2j2v I've looked on Zillow & Redfin. Central Valley, California is pretty affordable compared to the Bay Area and Los Angeles/San Diego area. Ive also looked at states like Nevada, Oregon & Ohio.

[@oregonnich]

leave and leave your liberal politics there, that's what ruins the rest of the country.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

I grew up in Saratoga, my parents had a custom home built there in 1968 for $40,000. That home today is probably worth around $4,000,000 and while it is Saratoga, it's the part that is about two blocks from San Jose, so I'm not talking about anything over the top (I meant no disrespect to San Jose, just trying to show the location). I've lived in San Diego since 1990 and have a pretty nice place with a fair amount of equity, 3 bedrooms 1,500 sq ft. If I decided on a whim to sell and move back, I could maybe buy an old 600 sq foot 1 bedroom condo in need of remodel with no garage in south San Jose with a lousy commute and a mortgage about $200K more than what I have now.

[@Guerrilla727]

With 1.2 million, you could get a 5 bedroom 5 bath house on the water here in florida, with a pool, and a boat to park behind it. Probably a gtr too

[@Steveleanr]

Do all you complainers think that aliens are buying these homes? No, it's people, who actually made something of themselves and chose to work hard and get an education/skill that make them valuable to their employers and are paid as such... I feel fortunate to have a nice home in a nice area here in the BA, but I don't expect any one or any gov. to just "provide" it for me.. it's called taking responsibility for yourself and work hard.... something that our society seems to have forgotten about......... give me give me give me.......... give me a break.

[@father6371]

Psh, that's why I moved from the bay to the south. The state is garbage. My sister in law lives in the ghetto of Union City. Paying 2,600 a month in tiny, broken, apartment. People get shot on that street

[@aab434]

That's right you're correct Union city/hayward/Castro valley houses go for at least 900k and the streets and crime are crazy

[@lkjhb1]

Are you in Virginia Beach VA now?

[@damianlipinki161]

the is some comfort knowing what her family isn't the only who struggling man that was dark noone should take comfort in other people suffering

[@edwardrobinson4940]

I've turned down several professional jobs in the bay area due to the cost of living there.

[@lotuswrites8905]

Not willing to move because it's her community and her husband has worked with the same company for 20 years and earning $17 an hr!? Come on they need to move! It's not like he's earning enough to continue living there smh! He can earn the same or more if he moved.

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

Chinese have destroyed Vancouver Canada's housing. SF as well?

[@lordhumongus8669]

@@Ayooluwaigandan Foreign Investment = Chinese.

[@koichinishi9075]

Richard M No Richard.... HONGcouver!! Lol!

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

Technology & biotech companies are everywhere in the Bay Area. These jobs pay extremely well.

[@chelsea7xhf]

Just blame China for all the problems. So, Chinese gov fund Apple and Google right?

[@LK-pc4sq]

and sydney to ! plus other locations. Its called a SEVERE imbalance of weath "income inequality" around the world.

[@rideride5696]

not no more suckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ericengvall8619]

3:36 That's not an exposed ceiling. That's a deliberate design choice made by the original architect. This ceiling beam look is actually very much in style today, especially in converted factory building lofts.

[@d.lawrence5670]

READ MY LIPS: No one is making these morons live in NY, SF, etc. and pay those ridiculous housing prices. These people aren't slaves. They can get up and move out, at any time.

[@nicholasthompson7690]

Not necessarily

[@robertgentry9105]

not just in Bay Area, housing price is overpriced.

[@denisemayosky1955]

@Anonymous Guy No, it's all over. It's just blatantly obvious in the Bay Area!

[@denisemayosky1955]

@Anonymous Guy Hmm, that actually sounds good. I don't know if I'd be comfortable in a "stand your ground" state, though...

[@jackiechan511]

There should be a price ceiling on real estate in SF.

[@Diomedes01]

I lived in the Bay Area for 14 years before moving away eight years ago. The housing and rental costs were the primary factor for my move. Despite having a good tech salary (I was making about $160k per year including my bonus), the home costs were just unreachable. The only alternative is to live in the far flung areas and deal with two hour commutes daily. Eventually moved to the East Coast and now own a 5/3 2700 sqr.ft house that cost me $375k. Would have been $2+ million in the Bay Area. The thing that amazed me the most was that my salary wasn't that much lower when I opted to move. I currently make about $130k a year now and I am in a state with no income tax. So from an after tax perspective, I make about the same as I did in California. For those that are considering moving to the Bay Area, make sure you do your research. Even videos and articles like this one often fail to do the situation justice. You can be a six figure worker in the Bay Area and you might be living as well as a college student when the housing costs factor in.

[@jockojohn3294]

All that pay......& classified as the working poor........ :(

[@wolfyklip]

Diomedes01What about those who were born and raised in the bay area all there lives like me since 1950's? I owned my home, as well as my 3 other siblings who also own their homes? We bought in the early 1980's and we're NOT leaving.....Baby boomers Yeah.....

[@D4PPZ456]

The lady who was mad that new people were coming to the bay area is stupid, a free market meets demand when it exists, it's just that people don't like it when other people build things near them. When the market is let free to meet demands, the number of people that migrate is irrelevant, but that's clearly not what the people SF want.

[@HuyHoanghouston]

Why spending time making the video but not making the volume right?

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

Lol, and all this time, I thought there was a problem with my phone

[@redjackal5871]

Those prices are crazy

[@niccolea2086]

The bulk of this is pure greed and no laws to stop ppl from raising rents simply because they can and they don’t care who they throw out on the streets. GREEDINESS!

[@John_Richardson_Meadows]

The blood-sucking professional families have become rich and millionaires by causing poverty, suffering and death. They have every intention of becoming richer millionaires by causing more poverty, suffering and death. If the innocents whom they have incarcerated in their prisons are released, there is just enough room in those prisons for the professional families, class and clan, whose crimes against humanity merit the capital punishment that the legitimate government can impose.

[@upgrade00]

Lol insanity. 90 min commute? My commute is 10 miles takes me 12 min on streets. $1 million house? It cost about $100,000 in many other states.. aaah theres a thing called move! It will be ok you’ll make new friends. Your family ain’t going no where.

[@firstname3255]

Alot of people are too poor to move.

[@home4life505]

Left wing progressive pricing themselves out. Capitalism much?

[@Michiganian8]

20yrs at that landscaping company and he still at $17/Hr. Smh school would of got him paying more during the matter.

[@icecold498]

Not everyone has a capability do go to college .

[@jondstewart]

And I thought Alaska is expensive! You can get a beautiful home in or near Anchorage or Fairbanks for $300,000 even today!

[@nicholasthompson7690]

Who would live in Alaska?

[@jondstewart]

@@nicholasthompson7690 me for one. Been here 13 years. The military brought me here, I retired, been here every since.

[@John-Maldonado]

I live in SF make 145,000 and struggle. Arizona here we come

[@TheWedabest]

Good luck. Save your self from that shithole!

[@smileyfaceHi545]

????? 96k after tax. 3500/month rent or 2000/month for dwelling unit if you want to live inner sf. 2500/month rent or 1500/month for dwelling unit if you wanna live daly city/south sf. 200/month utility, 50 internet, 50 phone. [phone]/month food. 500/month gas,car,insurance. 32k left for savings. Do you spend on cocaine and hookers? If i was to budget realistically for my lifestyle, I could bring the number down a lot lower.

[@sylviagarcia2837]

Why is it so much.

[@mrtee3477]

Don't worry market about to crash..LOL

[@herminiorodriguez218]

Tell me about this

[@mrtee3477]

@@herminiorodriguez218 Hold off buying house for a year or two, recession is coming. Market is crashing in a big way and houses are not selling.

[@mrtee3477]

@Jason Musk First, I trade stocks and Crypto. We're in a bear market as fund managers and big money already took their profits. Go look at Zillow.com how long people are on the market and how many times they slash prices. I personally know people who has been on the market for nearly a year and kept lowing the price. You and I doesn't move the market, the big institutions does.

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

It’s DEFLATING AS WE SPEAK. Go see the listing services, you’ll see a ton of “reduced price”. Redfin / Realtor.com / Zillow.com

[@mrtee3477]

@Blu Yes, sometime next year and will last couple of years or more.

[@1HotSkiBunnie]

I remember being the only person in Reno. Population 1. It felt that way anyway. Like a plague came and I was the only one left. Now I’m thinking about moving to California to get away from the Californians.

[@kandiwolfe1125]

The " HAVES" could give a ratsass about "the HAVE NOTS"...I'M DISGUSTED BY THE GREED OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITY MANAGERS THAT LET THIS HAPPWN! What is worse is there are ways to alleviate some of the homelessness....i.e. TinyHones or Secured Tent Cities....maybe not ideal but why must these people have to live like this?!? SHAME ON THOSE WHO SAY," NOT IN MY BACKYARD"...

[@anthonyperez9802]

stress shortens your life. does not sound like quality living

[@MatrixDiscovery]

Having all the rich Chinese buy up everything didn't help. Kick them out before it's too late!

[@wuggybuttz3923]

The Chinese "investors" should be locked out of the US housing market, period. (Unless they are citizens) They already have our jobs. They should NOT be allowed to purchase our country too.

[@MsRmaclaren]

We were priced out in 1999 and we bought a huge double lot home in the Central Valley for under 90k, did the commute for 9 months until we found under paid work out here. We miss the weather and nothing else. No commuting. No lines in stores. Everything is within either walking distance or bicycle if you cared to.

[@Steveleanr]

Maybe if you lived in SJ or SF, I live in San Ramon, and have all the things you speak of without having to live in the crappy central valley..

[@nsdtgabe4082]

Everyone in the bay areas waiting for the crash, even the kids

[@kingphillieman]

Correct

[@eddieunlocked2201]

That crash ain't coming.

[@jeremiahkjv1159]

So you have to make 10,000 a month for a crappy place that wouldn't even cost 500.00 dollars a month where i grew up in Alabama? I will stick to the southeast. This is ridiculous

[@achillesfury]

If you this this is expensive Take a look at hongkong Singapore London Vancouver The list goes on, so yeah this is normal What about all the people that got into the game early, sold their home to make a million or 2 then retired off elsewhere??

I'd rather not.

[@ilipan2668]

Yeah but most of the San Francisco area is single family homes; price per square foot may be higher in the cities you mentioned but overall costs are likely higher in SF.

[@wolfyklip]

Agreed 100%!! Yes, i got in the game early, I'm staying in my home (baby boomer).

[@miwanabanana]

This is exactly what my friends and I were discussing. We were all looking to buy a home at one point but are all priced out or don't want to buy a dilapidated shack for 1m. Although everyone is saying it will go bust/crash soon, just looking at other similar cities shows that a bubble may not be the case. It will just get more and more expensive.

[@AndyThomasStaff]

How did you manage to record this with a microphone lodged up someone's ass the whole time? Audio is so bad

[@tomatobrush3283]

London is worse, in London we have millions of people that don't work and live for free in London UK (social housing), while working people on good salaries have to live 1 hour train (40-50 miles+) commute out of London. I know a contractor on £900 per day that lives down south and flies in to london when needed because it is cheaper and quicker than trains and cars. Could never take a car in London, not only is there traffic lol, there is charges for just driving in, then there is no parking and I mean zero parking, so everyone has to catch the train, pretty much 90% of professional people in London UK catch the train and live outside of London. I am talking top lawyers and bankers commuting on trains.

[@pikminlord343]

This is insane

[@jolujo5842]

Yeah in Mountain View now they have built many new multi level apartment buildings.... BUT those new units start at $4000 / month for a dinky one bedroom. It's financial aparthide. Ever since Google announced it was hiring 23,000 new employees in MV, the greedy landlords started jacking up the rents. 3 yrs ago a one bedroom apt went for $1200/mo. Now it's $2800-$3200 At this point my wife and I are living in our van. I wish I could escape from this insane environment. Wish is that my wife and I can leave this Looney bin and find some decent people and a much more peaceful existence

[@johncrawford4302]

Great job Polosi way to take care of the common worker with affordable housing the Dems are a joke

[@nicholasthompson7690]

Run for office yourself

[@johncrawford4302]

@@nicholasthompson7690 I will

[@trustme2001]

The issue here is over-regulation. Deregulate and make it easy for people or companies to build. Look at Japan, they only got like a two-page requirement to be able to build. you can literally build anywhere in Japan as long as it's sectioned for housing residential. You can get permits in the matter of weeks not years. Which is the case here in California.

[@ifihadsmesumchicken6276]

But if your an American or foreigner to Japan then you cant buy real estate there.

[@genericscout5408]

@@ifihadsmesumchicken6276 Alot of realestate in Japan is free as well. Due to lowering populations after all.

[@ifihadsmesumchicken6276]

@@genericscout5408 Not to foreigners.

[@kansasthunderman1]

What the Hell are you talking about? New buildings are going up right and left and the Bureau Of Building Inspection is rubber stamping approval with inadequate review. There are lots of defective buildings that will be damaged beyond repair if an earthquake happens close to the city. Millennium Tower got built without a foundation on bedrock and there's a lot more crappy construction out there.

[@kansasthunderman1]

@Thelondonbadger How can a building permit be limited to just 20 to 50 pages? An adequate engineering report for a plain vanilla apartment building is at least 100 pages. Do you want contractors to put up buildings by the seat of their pants like in Egypt and India where they fall apart with everyone inside?

[@janethomas78]

no excuse for this, shame on you who do this to anyone!!