"I've been where some of these people are. I haven't been outright homeless and sleeping outdoors, but once upon a time I did have everything I own to fit basically in the same area as half a mattress. In the town I was in at the time, the only comfort was that I knew were food and basic services were. You just don't up and leave those behind cause it "might" be easier elsewhere."

Perhaps I misread the thread but most everyone here appears to be quite empathetic to the problems raised by high housing costs.

I'm relatively certain the parent was referring to the entrepreneurial set rather than those who cannot currently (and will be even less able to in the future) afford to live in San Francisco.

If anything living outside SV might have made the process you went through easier if you could avoid a large portion of your earnings going solely to housing.