Have you seen SFH homes prices in SF and larger Bay Area prices ? It is through the roof even in pandemic. Don't believe some random media quotes

The stock market hit all time highs during the pandemic while the economy is in shambles. Why? Because there's a lot of cheap money chasing those assets, and it's going to stay that way for a long while. Therefore, those house prices may still nominally rise or at least stay stable, even while they're losing value.

You have to look at it in terms of opportunity cost. What else could you have bought for that money? If prices rise in SF only because of inflation, prices rise even faster in those places where there's a real increase in demand.

> SF is already a dumpster fire,

I didn't notice this when I went there last year, is it a post-covid thing? What happened?

They must've given you the Potemkin village tour.

I did see some homeless people, but overall it still felt like a nice place. Of course I avoided the tenderloin and other dodgy areas (and this time I didn't use the BART, unlike previous times).

> if enough affluent people leave, property prices will tank and you will be paying off a mortgage for a larger sum than what the property is worth.

Or, as California is a non-recourse state, leaving the bank holding the bag, paying only taxes on the unpaid debt.

> Meanwhile, all these affluent people have to move somewhere

Well, they actually don't have to move, and if they do it may not be to where you predict.