So i have spend the majority of my life living in different parts of the bay area, cali and I gotta say there is no way in hell I could afford it on my own now a days, There was an article a few months ago how a single mom was paying almost 2 grand living in someones garage. Its horrible.
I am now living in a suburb of Seattle and when we were looking at new apartments, apartments in downtown seattle were cheaper then the suburb that we live in now (dont get me wrong, its like 10 mins from the microsoft headquarters but its crazy). The little suburb we live in now enacted a moratorium that no new building can be built for a few years with the possibility of extending it for longer.