US also had a much lower cost of living and much higher quality of life before free trade/China/open borders
Bay Area,, LA, San Diego, NYC used to all be working class blue collar white cities. The houses in these cities were priced at 2X the average annual salary
It took a blue collar worker only 2 years income to afford a house in cities that are now out of reach for even white collar earning 6 figures
Also, products were much cheaper and of higher quality before free trade
china/open borders/Free trade raped the west
2000 $170,000
redfin.com/NY/Brooklyn/3064-Nostrand-Ave-11229/home/40846184
1998 sold $140,000
www.redfin.com/NY/Brooklyn/234-Troutman-St-11237/home/40745173
1998 sold $150,000
redfin.com/NY/Brooklyn/206-Nichols-Ave-11208/home/40763381
1996 sold $161,000
redfin.com/NY/Brooklyn/39-Jefferson-Ave-11216/home/40732792
1998 $120,000
redfin.com/NY/Brooklyn/152-E-45th-St-11203/home/40777442
2000 $120,000
redfin.com/NY/Brooklyn/7-Bills-Pl-11218/home/40792009
2000 $170,000
redfin.com/NY/Brooklyn/30-Stephens-Ct-11226/home/40789283
1999 $180,000
redfin.com/NY/Queens-Village/89-84-215th-Pl-11427/home/20749071
redfin.com/NY/Queens/84-03-262nd-St-11001/home/20789146
1998 $170,000
redfin.com/NY/Brooklyn/297-Grafton-St-11212/home/40753531
1998 $170,000
redfin.com/NY/Queens-Village/8849-212th-Pl-11427/home/20746324
1992 $146,000
2018 $1,049,494
redfin.com/CA/Milpitas/2242-Levin-St-95035/home/553505
1998 Sold $153,500
redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/2247-Crandall-Dr-92111/home/5226239
2000 $150,000
redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/158-W-Ave-27-90031/home/6945944
1995 $150,000
redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/1521-W-84th-Pl-90047/home/7292711
1995 $150,000
redfin.com/CA/Sun-Valley/8340-Glenoaks-Blvd-91352/home/5270118
1998 Sold $150,500
redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/6001-Eucalyptus-Ln-90042/home/7084011