Yup.
Literally saw this thread right now:
Good read and follow-up discussions like this guy's post:
My question is why do people feel the need to sacrifice that much of their hard-earned money to come and live in a place like LA where everything else is expensive too? Not to mention to do anything you're gonna have to drive around, with these current gas prices.
When people stop getting thirsty for clout and FOMO, that's when these prices come down. The fact that some people are going to scramble to try to make it "work" is exactly what they want - you're somebody else's cash cow.
Again that breh is about to spend $2k a month for rent. After 5 years that's $120k with nothing to show for, not even including food and other disposables they'd need to maintain themselves and their place (that they don't own).