re: Baffled as to how single people afford houses currently

I was just thinking about that this morning. Working on my grandma's house which is about 1100 Sq ft with 2BR/1ba and she raised 5 kids in there who all turned out just fine.

I could build that house myself in a few months for about $40k even with today's insane material costs. Prices are high now, but expectations are much more so ridiculous.