That is precisely my point.
If there were not so many people, there would be room for everyone to live on the coastal plain.
And land would be cheap because there would not be so many buyers competing for it.
If there were not so many people, there would be room for everyone to live on the coastal plain.
Huh? The coastal plain in So Cal is basically only about 35x120 miles wide and long.
There isn't room for everyone in that amount of space. There really is no room to build more homes like they used to 40 years ago.
This is one of the big reasons why 40 year old homes in nice areas of So Cal are going for $450,000.
Supply and demand. Only so much prime land to go around. That is why the builders went east and out in the deserts...