1.1 mil median housing cost vs 429k in San Diego. Even more than Manhattan(just less than 1 mil.)

Coastal realestate cost makes no sense when weighed against median incomes for a city or town. It forces high rents and little chance to buy for the average worker. But all these coastal median housing prices have one thing in common, they all doubled or more in the last 10 years. That's not the case everywhere, as we know.

Citydata.com is a good source to compare the nuts and bolts of living costs in various areas.