Bay Area's 'Commute Fatigue'

Poll finds 50% of Bay Area residents want new homes to be built near job centers rather than suburbs.

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January 18, 2005, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"About 50 percent of Bay Area residents say new homes should be built near job centers instead of in far-flung suburbs, according to a new survey by the Bay Area Council, a business-oriented public policy group...

'...the Bay Area market is changing. People are looking at attached (homes), and they want to live close to where they work.'"

Thanks to Dan Zack

FULL STORY: Bay Area less in love with long commutes

Saturday, October 1, 2005 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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