I don’t blame you. Btw, very few people “buy up” in CA for good reason. They’d get killed on prop 13 if they sell and attempt to buy up into a nicer property. This would cause their property taxes to double or triple. This is the exact reason why so many properties in S.CA are sold to foreign national with big $$. It’s tough s**t for those who’ve lived there all their lives, or their off spring, so most head out of state, just so they can afford a home.
I never thought I’d see anything like this.
My hubby did, decades ago. He’s the reason we bought an inexpensive home. He was prescient. To this day, it’s the one argument I’m grateful to have lost.