I just don't know if this can happen... buying real estate is one of those American ideals that everyone seems to aspire to. Hell, I even do basically because its a favored form of relatively safe investment here and you get tax incentives for it. I think we are at a bit of a crossroads where a lot of things need to be re-thought, however, as investing, as a whole, needs to be re-examined to figure out what truly is sustainable and good for the future. Maybe new opportunities like investing in asteroid mining, etc are what we need to start putting capital into something more productive and good for humanity than just inflating real estate prices.