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Arthur was also able to purchase his large family home in the 1990s for $90,000 which is now worth $2.3 million.

Nothing in the article said Arthur lived in the Bay Area.

It’s not just the Bay Area experiencing this.

Maybe Arthur lived in Springfield, MO and worked at Bass Pro or O'Reilly Auto Corporate offices and lives here.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8057-W-Farm-Road-100-Will...

It’s not, but from the outside the Bay Area’s cost of living looks impressively bad. A typical house in my neighborhood in the Northeast goes for less than 1/4 of that.

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