Not saying it’s not possible, but you can’t compare one of the most expensive places in the world to.. the south.
My theory is that almost every major global city has almost the same housing price issues (except Tokyo, but it’s not easy to move there and live there). My housing options are the same in SF and Singapore.
It would also take me a lot to move outside one of these cities. Not because I don’t think life is worth living outside, but because I value some things more than home ownership.