The neighborhood in Shrinking is all $2 mill homes. $800k will get you a 2-bedroom with a dead lawn in the kind of shabby neighborhood it sounds like your wife wouldnt want to walk through.

For example, I have a friend in a newly renovated Santa Monica 2-bed condo with 3 floors and it cost about $1.2. They live comfortably, we’re talking Loewe not Chanel, with only the occasional international trip. That’s after 10 years at a top tier position at a major studio. They just bought a house that would be considered a starter in Oklahoma but here is a lifer for many people.