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Week of Feb. 17th- Stretching the Boundaries

February 17, 2019

As thousands in search of cheaper housing descend on far-flung cities such as Stockton, Lathrop, Tracy and Merced to the east, they’re changing the northern part of the vast Central Valley from a region with a distinct identity to a vast suburb of the Bay Area, whose economic and cultural life is inextricably linked to the vibrant locus some 60 to 120 miles west.

That transformation offers Bay Area workers the opportunity for cheaper housing in communities that now are adding the cultural amenities these workers have come to expect. But the trade-off is a crippling commute along a handful of clogged corridors, with few practical alternatives.  Read more



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