Exactly. As someone who is currently occupying an "affordable" unit, this is very true. it was a big step down from what I was used to living in. When I had to move (within the same zip code btw), the only units available were significantly more expensive and far less quality than places I had been in for the last 20+ years. Virtually everyone in my neighborhood which has been a "lower" class neighborhood for the past 50 years, are middle class salaried, and in some cases, professional workers. The units are mostly duplexes and developed mill complexes, that are still run down junk, but now they cost more than the luxury apartments and rental single family houses costed like 5 years ago.