More than a third of Bay Area residents recently polled by the Bay Area Council said they are planning to leave the region, as skyrocketing housing costs, terrible commutes and an increasingly high cost of living make the area very difficult to afford. In addition, over half of the residents polled in San Francisco County said the region was headed in the wrong direction, a massive leap from the only 28 percent who felt the same way last year.
A Third Of Bay Area Residents Say They Are Planning To Leave, New Poll Shows
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Mon, 05/02/2016 - 12:01am
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