How are yall buying $1+MM homes in the loop? No judgment just curious.

Appreciate the insight/feedback that yall provide and no judgment on my end. It just seems like every house I want (key word) is over 1MM. I have a decent budget but its just not 1MM. Are yall S/DINK(WAD)s, parents subsidizing you, sugar mommy/daddy is covering you, trust fund, plain old hard savings? Are you putting the 20% down? When did you buy? Do you fall within the 30% income rule for payments? What do you do for work? Just trying to understand so I can make it obtainable for myself (goals, right?).

EDIT – I guess 1MM homes in general and not necessarily in the loop. And this will be my primary home for a long while. Will rent out my current home.