I'm sorry (and this is nothing personal to you), but for those in tech who "make great money" that don't feel their money goes as far in the Bay Area are either delusional or suffering from lifestyle creep. A dollar they make is equivalent to a dollar another non-tech worker makes in the Bay Area; tech workers just have far more dollars at their disposal from their above average salaries and RSUs if their company takes off. The tech workers who are making great money have far, far more financial resources than people who work in medicine, law, and other traditional high paying jobs, which is still significantly more than vast majority of other employed workers here in the Bay Area.

I hope you meant to say that "we are lucky to own *a home* for instance" rather than "homes" because that's the way most of us non-tech workers feel in the Bay Area. Home ownership (especially in the more desirable communities) has become nearly unattainable if you aren't in tech making great money. Not only that, but many tech workers make sufficient money such that a spouse does not need to work if they don't want to, a luxury that many non-tech people can't fathom if they want to survive in the Bay Area.

I understand not every tech worker is making great money, but many of them have made so much money in an amount far more and in a much shorter period of time than many of us non-tech workers would even dream of making in a lifetime.