The Californians Dilemma - The Bold Italic

For Some, New WFH Policies Mean a Chance to Explore America

Meet the pandemic’s digital nomads who are ditching permanent residences in favor of hitting the road...

Despite a pandemic and wildfires, Bay real estate markets are hot — leaving realtors to believe the ‘exodus’ is overblown...

The pandemic, in some ways, has made the city even better...

While the world fell apart, I needed a safe haven: Oakland...

I’ve been through a Bay Area exodus before...

I stopped mourning the version of the city I was missing out on and started settling into the one I could now embrace...

While I mourn not being able to live in my hometown, Albuquerque doesn’t demand I sell my soul to make rent...

I now see our move to outside of Sacramento as a healthy and conscious uncoupling...

I may have left San Francisco proper, but I still got to stay in the Bay...

The spell of the Bay Area was finally broken...

I can love San Francisco from afar and acknowledge that we’re not meant to be together...

A look at the California Exodus—and the gut-wrenching decision of whether to give up on a place you love...