Silicon Valley Resident Describes Moving Here

Posted by Rachel Goodman | May 9, 2022 | All Talk, Business, Politics | 0

Talk of the Bay from KSQD

Silicon Valley Resident Describes Moving Here

00:00 /

California lost residents last year. Some moved out because of the high cost of housing or better jobs elsewhere. Others moved in. In Santa Cruz during the Covid pandemic, people from Silicon Valley got a taste of beach-side living and are moving here permanently. They can afford the higher costs of housing here, and some say it’s worth the extra bucks. In this story, Cabrillo student, Sophia Whitmore talks to one such recent arrival.

About The Author

Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.