They should include the interest rate they are using to calculate the mortgage. Based on what’s provided they are assuming around a 6% mortgage which is no longer available. Tack an extra $1,000 monthly payment onto that million dollar home and an extra $40,000 to your income to make it affordable. (Assuming debt/income ratio and income taxes)

Did I miss anything?

It’s pretty funny- worth seeing. Definitely amps up the ridiculousness in a way that I don’t remember Mean Girls being, but it’s in the same ballpark. Honestly maybe closer to Superbad.

It’s simply solved by the fact that I, as a human driver, can recognize now when a robo-taxi is driving and change my expectations of the car’s behavior. Right now it’s clearly evident what an autonomous car looks like and a reasonable person will have the expectation that they follow the letter of the law.

I interact with these vehicles on a daily basis in San Francisco and it would be weird if they weren’t driving perfectly.

It means it’s not as simple as saying 1950 home = 2023 home and therefore any differences in price are due to inflation.