I think people are going to get rid of Social Security at some point. I own my apartment in Manhattan, but my family is very lucky in that we had an extremely motivated seller in a very underappreciated area, and that I have a good job. The traditional paths to adulthood have been broken by NIMBYs and a complete lack of investment in infrastructure after it was good enough for the Boomers.

Something is going to happen - you can't pull the ladder behind you, keep everyone you don't like out of your neighborhood, and reduce mobility to protect your assets without serious backlash.