Owning a home and raising a family on a teacher's salary is entirely possible in many parts of the country. I literally know people who are doing it. But somehow the HN reality distortion bubble thinks that everywhere is like California. Try Iowa or Arkansas.

And I do think that we should build more housing in California, and other high cost areas. But realistically that's not going to happen soon. Zoomers who want to improve their lives today should look outside the fashionable cities.