By Steven Greenhut at The American Spectator

June 23, 2016

When asked whether he wanted to have dinner at a particular restaurant, Yogi Berra famously quipped, “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” It’s easy to apply that contradictory concept to a recent poll showing more than a third of San Francisco Bay Area residents want to move outof the area in the next few years. They told pollsters traffic is so congested and housing prices so high no one wants to live there anymore.

On the surface, the Bay Area seems to be booming. California’s Democratic policymakers point to it as an example of everything right about California. It’s a hub of entrepreneurship and jobs creation. It’s a gorgeous place with a temperate climate, a quirky and easygoing culture, and home to almost any amenity anyone could want. During a recent visit to Palo Alto, I saw small tract houses for sale for $2 million-plus. Obviously, demand is pushing those prices to stratospheric levels. It seems like everyone wants to live there. And yet interviews with people plotting an exit to Nevada, Texas, or North Carolina tell a much different story.

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