Yea its definitely gotten worse in recent years bc of blackrock and boomers trying to fund their retirements via landlording. But where there's a will for cheaper living situations, there's a way.
When I was broke in my 20's I lived in a friends dining room, then a converted walk-in closet of a garage, and eventually bought a camper for my soon to be wife cause she didn't see a great future for us in a 60 ft/sq closet.
We lived in that camper for years basically for free while saving up for a POS house that we rebuilt for years while continuing to live in the camper.
And all this was in the fastest growing city in the US
There are still opportunities but they will typically not be found online. That's why this generation is screwed, cause they aren't meeting enough people in the real world to find the off-market creative options
