Bailing on Bay Area Moonbat Utopia

Progressives have produced a prototype of utopia in the San Francisco Bay Area, where there is virtually no resistance to leftist politics. Unsurprisingly, people want out.

Almost two-thirds say quality of life has declined over the past 5 years, largely due to housing prices, the general cost of living, and the out-of-control infestation of drug-addled mentally ill derelicts.

It’s so bad that about 44 percent say they are likely to move out of the Bay Area in the next few years, with 6 percent saying they have definite plans to leave this year.

At the heart of the region is America’s most liberal city — where dissatisfaction is the worst.

San Francisco residents showed the most displeasure, with 72 percent saying life in the Bay Area has soured in recent years.

Progressives push their policies by suggesting a society is racist that doesn’t put the interests of black people first — and yet:

Pessimism spread across ethnic groups, with black voters most often reporting a drop in the quality of life.

Liberals also claim to be the champions of the working class and Hispanics — and yet:

About two-thirds of blue collar workers said they were likely to leave the region, far more than white collar professionals (43 percent) and service workers (44 percent). And more than half of the Latino residents and 7 in 10 black residents polled said they planned to move in the next few years.

Liberals shriek about the evils of income equality — and yet:

Wage growth is falling behind the rapid escalation of housing prices, and the middle class is slipping farther behind high-earners in the Bay Area.

A major Bay Area complaint is the traffic. Progressives say they will take our money and use it to provide efficient public transport — and yet:

Voters complained in interviews about unreliable public rail and buses, high-density apartments and condos adding traffic, and the steady rise in transportation taxes and fees that never seem to make highways and transit faster and better.

This about sums up the erstwhile Golden State under moonbat rule:

[Softward engineer Diego] Vela, 30, has a good salary that could be the envy of friends and family back home in Texas. But then he explains to outsiders the high cost of living in California. “It looks nice,” he said, “until you factor in reality.”

That’s why leftists keep reality at a distance.

On a tip from 1-Bodhisattva.

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