Extreme Commuting: California Land Rush Continues

Silicon Valley's high housing prices are pushing homeowners into outlying areas where growth is exploding into farmland. The typical "Bay Area transplant" faces an average one-way commute of 58.3 miles from work.

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December 27, 2000, 10:00 AM PST

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

"Locally they are called BAT's, BayArea transplants, long-haul commuters who in the past 20 years have changed the face of this agricultural community. about 60 miles east of San Francisco...Ninety percent of the new homes here are bought by commuters. [T]he commuters are transforming new 'premium developments' with names like Hidden Lake, Heartland and Countryside into ghost neighborhoods that empty eachworkday morning."

Thanks to Linda LaSut

FULL STORY: In 'the Other California,' a Land Rush Continues

Wednesday, December 27, 2000 in The New York Times

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