[bossabreezes]

The Bay Area with 3 million people? That means that 6 million people would need to leave. Ain't happening unless a meteor hits San Jose.

Also, the widespread abandonment that this would cause would likely end up making the area a post apocalyptic hellscape, with bombed out houses/buildings becoming used for crime/drugs/ect.

If anything, if the Bay Area becomes cheaper it would likely attract more interest, since most of the country's population would kill to have a mild 12 month climate like the Bay Area has. Making the Bay Area cheaper will not slow population growth, it'll attract it.

In reality though, there might be a price correction but it will never be a ''cheap'' metro area and it's highly unlikely COVID19 will cause an evacuation en masse of population.