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Poll: 72% Of San Francisco Residents Say Bay Area Quality Of Life Has Declined
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| 03/26/2019
| John Sexton
Posted on 03/26/2019 7:11:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Napa Valley Register published the results of a poll which found a shockingly high percentage of people living in the Bay Area feel it is on the decline. That was especially true in San Francisco where 72% felt the city was on the decline because of the high cost of living, traffic, and homelessness:
The dissatisfaction spreads across political parties and county lines, according to the poll of 1,568 registered voters in five counties. Just 7 percent of respondents said life has gotten better here in the past five years, and 23 percent said it’s stayed about the same.
Two-in-three renters sensed a decline in quality of life. And 64 percent of homeowners said things had gotten worse, despite massive and historic gains in property values and personal wealth since 2012.
San Francisco residents showed the most displeasure, with 72 percent saying life in the Bay Area has soured in recent years.
Given the pessimism, it’s not surprising that a lot of people are thinking about going somewhere else:
It’s so bad that about 44 percent say they are likely to move out of the Bay Area in the next few years, with 6 percent saying they have definite plans to leave this year…
About two-thirds of blue collar workers said they were likely to leave the region, far more than white collar professionals (43 percent) and service workers (44 percent). And more than half of the Latino residents and 7 in 10 black residents polled said they planned to move in the next few years.
The Register spoke to one resident who commutes up to 90 minutes each way to his job in the city. Diego Vela said his friends back home were envious of his salary but don’t really appreciate the problems that come with it. “It looks nice until you factor in reality,” he said.
Part of that reality isn’t just the traffic, it’s the petty crime and homeless people using the trains and the streets as a drug den and a bathroom. Gov. Newsom has proposed spending an additional $500 million to deal with the problem but it’s uncertain whether that will happen. Even if it does, there’s no guarantee it will help. A lot of the people living on the streets are there because they have significant drug or alcohol problems. Given a choice between getting clean or staying on the streets a lot of them will choose the latter.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: poll; qualityoflife; sanfrancisco
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To: SeekAndFind
Mother earth will take care of things in San Pelosish*tsco.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:12:36 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: SeekAndFind
When asked about the quality of life, the other twenty eight percent pooped on the sidewalk.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:13:22 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: SeekAndFind
Things won’t improve until you vote in more Democrats.
Oh, wait.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:13:42 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: SeekAndFind
Poo poo
Pee pee
Parking tickets
Tee hee hee hee
The worst part is actually not the superficial things, it’s the PEOPLE.
There is yuuuuuge hypocrisy there:
“We are all enlightened, tolerant non-conformists”.
In fact they’re not really all that smart, but what really jumps out at you is just how incredibly conforming the non-conformists are. And when they find out you don’t think EXACTLY like them..?
You’ll get fired and/or you’ll have them screaming in your face.
The worst part not the poo-poo, though there are tons of that; is the hypocrisy and lying.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:15:07 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: SeekAndFind
$hit where you eat and things go bad in a hurry.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:15:22 AM PDT
by
blackdog
To: SeekAndFind
Liberals created this mess. Now they want to take it on the road.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:15:34 AM PDT
by
GSWarrior
To: Da Coyote
I grew up there and visit now. It really is shocking the decline of northern Mexifornia. In particular the masses of bums/drug addicts on the streets and the mid afternoon traffic jams in the east bay that spill all the way out into the valley now. The Bay Area becomes more and more like southern California ever year. Sad.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:16:07 AM PDT
by
lodi90
To: SeekAndFind
“The Napa Valley Register published the results of a poll which found a shockingly high percentage of people living in the Bay Area feel it is on the decline. That was especially true in San Francisco where 72% felt the city was on the decline because of the high cost of living, traffic, and homelessness”
Will that keep them from voting for Marxists/Leninists?
“Given the pessimism, its not surprising that a lot of people are thinking about going somewhere else: Its so bad that about 44 percent say they are likely to move out of the Bay Area in the next few years, with 6 percent saying they have definite plans to leave this year
”
PLEASE, NO!
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:17:21 AM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
To: lodi90
Most places that have too nice of a weather climate tend to draw in a lot of people leading to decline in quality of life.
I visited SF, LA, Phoenix, and Atlanta in the early 70s and they were all pretty awesome. Now they’re overwhelmed with people.
To: SeekAndFind
And these schmucks will keep voting Democrat!
These people are a special kind of stupid!
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:19:50 AM PDT
by
Artcore
(Trump 2020!)
To: gaijin
All too true - and the pity of it is that these Leftists who have ruined the most beautiful city in North America are packing up and moving out of the s***hole they created to formerly well run Republican cities and states like Orlando and Florida ....Where they proceed to turn them into s***holes like San Francisco and the former golden state of California.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:21:48 AM PDT
by
ZBM-2
To: SeekAndFind
I would say “No s#it!”, but just the opposite is the case.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:25:08 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: SeekAndFind
Two words. Maxine Waters.
To: SeekAndFind
Considering that it is still illegal not to “curb your dog” but it’s okay to empty your bowels wherever you feel like it—I’d agree with that summation. There was a time when no one would say, “What is that on the bottom of your shoe?” “People.”
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:29:40 AM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: SeekAndFind
They need to vote for more Democrats next time.
To: MrEdd
Oh, the POOgressive Party.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:30:51 AM PDT
by
Leep
(It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
To: SeekAndFind
Liberalism destroys EVERYTHING it touches...
The only thing that changes is how long it takes to accomplish it.
To: SeekAndFind
The solution is simple - more taxes to pay for more free needles for the homeless heroin addicts.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:31:01 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: SeekAndFind
72% say quality of life has declined.
The rest are too stoned to talk.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:32:13 AM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(The internet has driven the world mad.)
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