California members, is this true?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:12 am
California TMW members, is there any truth to this?
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Life not so golden for LA residents
Thu Mar 17, 2005
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California may be the golden state but a growing number of Los Angeles residents are "stunningly unhappy" with their quality of life, according to a survey.
Traffic and housing costs are such a concern that one-third of those interviewed said they expected to leave Los Angeles County in the next five years -- almost double the numbers of those who said they planned to leave in the last survey in 2003.
"More L.A. city residents say they plan to leave the county than voted in last week's mayoral race," said Mark Baldassare, director of the Public Policy Institute of California which questioned 2,003 adult residents for the survey released on Wednesday.
Some 74 percent, up from 67 percent two years ago, of those questioned put traffic congestion on the freeways that crisscross the area as their biggest concern.
Some 64 percent, compared to 54 percent two years ago, cited the lack of affordable housing in a region that has seen house prices boom over the last two years.
Despite giving good ratings to the county's economy, 37 percent said they believed that Los Angeles county would be a worse place, rather than a better place (24 percent) to live in 20 years time.
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Life not so golden for LA residents
Thu Mar 17, 2005
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California may be the golden state but a growing number of Los Angeles residents are "stunningly unhappy" with their quality of life, according to a survey.
Traffic and housing costs are such a concern that one-third of those interviewed said they expected to leave Los Angeles County in the next five years -- almost double the numbers of those who said they planned to leave in the last survey in 2003.
"More L.A. city residents say they plan to leave the county than voted in last week's mayoral race," said Mark Baldassare, director of the Public Policy Institute of California which questioned 2,003 adult residents for the survey released on Wednesday.
Some 74 percent, up from 67 percent two years ago, of those questioned put traffic congestion on the freeways that crisscross the area as their biggest concern.
Some 64 percent, compared to 54 percent two years ago, cited the lack of affordable housing in a region that has seen house prices boom over the last two years.
Despite giving good ratings to the county's economy, 37 percent said they believed that Los Angeles county would be a worse place, rather than a better place (24 percent) to live in 20 years time.