I can live in Albera. My commute to my job in British Columbia would be hell though.

Owning a home too far from amenities isn't worth much. Same with living too far from where the weather is hospitable, food is available, or the people with skills I need have settled.

So don't buy in a place like that? If there is meant to be a problem here, I'm not seeing it.

Owning a home isn't much of an investment if the jobs, people, or weather shift out from under you. You're then stuck selling your investment, likely at a loss, while also moving to where you can make a living

Yeah, that's the chance you take buying real estate. Try not to be bad at it?

I don't know what to tell you, I bought in a city where I've lived for 25 years and in the neighborhood for a bit over a decade, even that not for the first time. I'm not going to say it doesn't take luck and work.

> Sure, you might still have a house at the end of the day, but that's cold comfort if you paid $2M for a bay area house that subsequently saw its value tank

Well, yeah. I didn't buy in the Bay Area, or near Bay Area levels of price inflation. I'm not a moron, or not that kind at least.