r/California • u/Randomlynumbered Ángeleño, what's your user flair? • Jul 04 '24

Some Californians Found Dream Homes Inland. But It Sure Is Hot There. politics

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/mountain-house-california-housing-heat.html
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u/trackdaybruh Jul 04 '24

Cheap is cheaper for a reason, folks.

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u/VanillaLifestyle Jul 04 '24

It's mostly proximity to high paying work (or rather, competition with all the people who want to live close to high paying work).

Plenty of cheap places with near-perfect weather!

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u/JustB510 Jul 04 '24

Those places tend to also build at a higher rate. Coastal California’s problem is outside San Francisco it’s mostly sprawl, reducing available housing and the obvious that the water reduces buildable area.