San Francisco Median Home Prices Have Over Doubled Since 2012 (Now $1,610,000)

``Take a peninsula with strict land use controls and tech companies like Google, Facebook and Apple, sprinkle it with low interest rates courtesy of central banks and you get median home prices of $1,610,000. That's San Francisco! And don't forget to wear flowers in your hair, since you will have to sell them to afford living there!''