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As someone on the inside, I'm sorry to say it's going to get worse before it gets better.

But there is a real chance, that in a few years, we'll see some moderation, as Millennials fail to replace the last crop of new homebuyers and current values fall. That's what I'm hoping for, at least.

And I second your thoughts. Transplants from the coast still think it's an affordability paradise, but for someone who's grown up here all his life, the picture looks bleaker.

I just hope we don't become SF!

An actual building boom offers better hope that at some nearer point, the rent increases will pause and reverse.

You'd think so, but the last 3 years have not brought relief...I'm not complaining about housing prices - I've owned for a while, but I feel for my renting friends.

Traffic on the other hand...that's something to complain about