re: #273 Blind Frog Belly White

My point is not that everyone should want to live here. Lots of people choose not to. And yet our population keeps growing. I’ve lived here 36 years, and I keep hearing (from people who don’t live here) that California is near collapse, that everyone’s moving out, that our taxes are so high that all our companies are leaving.

Yeah? Then how come you can’t buy a house in my town for under 1 Million, and if you know San Mateo you know it’s SOLIDLY middle class - mostly tract houses on 1/4 acre or less, generally <2000 sq ft.

People come here to be here. The move here and then find a job, or they specifically look for a job here. And lots of people leave. But since the population keeps climbing, clearly more people move in than out.

Me? I’m facing the fact that I won’t be able to afford living here when I eventually retire, and I’m looking for where I can buy a house for cheap enough to live off the equity in my house. But if I had $2 million in the bank and my mortgage paid off, I’d never leave.