I live in a 3400 sqft ranch on a lake with hundreds of square feet of frontage 20 minutes from downtown Charlotte without traffic and 1.3 acres of land for 600k. The weather is nice and it appreciated ~80k in a little over a year.<p>Are market prices even remotely comparable to affording that kind of luxury in SV? Hell no.<p>It&#x27;s beyond comprehension for me to justify the cost of living out there. I&#x27;d be trading in for a postage stamp in an overly populated area.