A friend commuting from LA to SF for work does the math: renting a house in LA and flying back and forth costs less than a single apartment in San Francisco. This isn't a quirk. This is what happens when a housing market completely breaks. Two-bedroom apartments averaging over six grand a month has priced out everyone except people with inherited wealth or tech salaries that shouldn't exist. Family life in the Bay isn't an option anymore, it's a luxury good.