https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/10/13/bay-area-exodus-poll-finds-nearly-half-of-residents-want-to-leave-regions-challenges-behind/

Growing up here, Michelle Hailey never imagined leaving the Bay Area. But these days, as the West Oakland property manager grapples with increases in taxes and living expenses, and passes homeless encampments almost daily, she’s feeling differently.

“I sometimes have dreams of the moving truck pulling up to get me out of here,” said Hailey, 60, who has lived in Oakland her entire life. “It’s absurd that we’ve allowed the city to erode in this manner.”