According to a report just released by the Census Bureau, the population of San Francisco declined 4.2% (or 32,000 people) from April 2000 to July 2004.
According to CNN, “Hurt by skyrocketing housing prices, people are leaving San Francisco, Boston and other large cities in droves.” “Droves” might be a bit of an overstatement, but once again, directionally interesting.
· Census lists fastest-growing cities [CNN]