Residents explain why they fled the Bay Area: Homelessness was 'just getting out of hand'

Former residents report having found better quality and cost of living outside the Bay Area, where homelessness and housing prices have skyrocketed.

"It's a challenging place to live — the most expensive metro area in the country for consumer prices and buying a home. In a recent poll of Bay Area residents, nearly half said they were considering leaving in the next few years," the East Bay Times reported.

One family who left the Bay Area to live in Idaho said that homelessness had become a problem.