[quickthrowman]

I sure hope so, right now the median home price is 4.5x the median income. If that continues to increase, we’ll be creating a generation of renters captured by whoever had the ability to borrow money to purchase the inflated assets.

[titanomachy]

4.5x sounds unbelievably amazing. In my home city it's around 16x.

[hedora]

16x is extreme. Silicon Valley is a bit under 10x.

[titanomachy]

Vancouver, Canada has sky-high home prices but is missing the high-paying jobs of the Valley. Rent isn't too bad though, so quality of life can be pretty good.