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But society has willfully embraced living "in the present"...who here would give up their SF rental in exchange for a property in Gilroy they will eventually own? How many here would give up their leased 2018 BMW for a used Toyota Yaris?

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I mean this is all what I’m considering. I hate working day in and day out in the Bay Area. I grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains in the forest and now I commute through an asphalt jungle to a concrete building where I’m pampered every day like a fragile snowflake. I’m constantly working to figure out how I could afford a home in the outskirts of this region. I’ve already moved from an Audi to a Honda although it’s kind of an expensive Honda, so I’m considering switching to something cheaper. And I’m dreaming of finding land in pescadero.

So to answer your question... some of us?

I did exactly this. I gave up my $3500 apartment in SF and moved to the central valley. People in SF and the Bay shit all over the central valley, but I've never been happier.

Sure. I don't feel any urge to pay several hundred per month for several years for a car, when I can have an equally functional (if less flashy) car that I bought outright for less than the up-front deposit on the BMW.

(To be exact, I drive a 15-yr-old Skoda, not a Yaris, but you get the idea.)

>How many here would give up their leased 2018 BMW for a used Toyota Yaris?

If someone gave me a BMW, assuming it wasn't a close friend or someone I had to worry about offending, I would sell it and continue using my old car.

You would be in the minority.

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