https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/10/10/has-covid-pushed-bay-area-stresses-to-the-breaking-point/ > It may never have been an easy place to live, but malaise and uncertainty now have settled heavy over the Bay Area. > The maddening, deadly and ever-extending COVID-19 pandemic has laid another smothering layer of stress on an already stressed-out region — fundamentally changing how we feel about home and work, our community and safety, and the long-term prospects of living in the Bay Area, according to an exclusive new poll by the Bay Area News Group and Joint Venture Silicon Valley.