San Francisco has been an expensive place to live from about 1849. My family history and San Francisco interest me. I had a family member who lived in San Francisco just before the gold rush. There were about 5000 people in the “city” (as we call it).

Along came the gold rush and prices went sky high. To rent an 8 X 12 foot umbrella tent cost $390 a month. One chicken egg was $20 gold. That might have been a good time to have a chicken ranch! Our children are 5th generation San Franciscans and cannot afford to live there. This is called progress or something! :)

Just imagine the average income in the United States in 1912 was $350 per family. Only those who made more $500 or more paid federal taxes.





>>A bit of news about foreclosures in the San Francisco Bay Area: “Foreclosures are up 200% this month in the San Francisco Bay Area (November) compared to last year at this time. This is normal”!
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>ya and if you should happen to have a fortune laying around you *might* be able to afford a nice 300sq place there. I mean do they have to sell the land there by the square inch or something? It has to be one of the most expensive places to live in the whole USA!