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Jobs on the coast going inland to cheaper locales, state study shows

January 26, 2007 /

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Eric Casares moved with his wife from San Francisco about two years ago largely for economic reasons. The couple — who had a baby girl three weeks ago — were able to buy a house in Fresno, something they would have had great trouble doing in the Bay Area.

“Our mortgage is less than what we were paying for rent in San Francisco,” said the 27-year-old civil engineer, who formerly worked at the clothing company Gap. “The cost of living out here is much less. That’s a huge thing.”

The California Budget Project report http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2007/0701_pp_inlandcoastal.pdf

By Steve Johnson
Mercury News

Full Story: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16551270.htm

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