Exactly. There's so many stories from earlier generations about working their way through college and a family home. My partner and I make three what my parents did, and while we're comfortable, we're nowhere near what my parents were at 20-30 years ago because of inflation.
There's no chance I'm able to buy a home within an hour of the Metro I'm living in within Texas. I'm really hoping working from home sticks around as most major cities are quickly becoming so costly to live in.
It's so bad I've been talking to some family about going in together on some rural land to split and create a family commune type thing to share infrastructure while living rural. A number of us can work fully remote as long as we have solid online connectivity.