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# Q-Line: How can city leaders address Santa Monica's middle-class exodus?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/091206-story/
- Published: 2006-09-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:23:52.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

There appears to be a mass exodus of middle-class residents in Santa Monica. The average resident only lives here for about two years before they end up moving on. Those who can’t benefit from rent control prices capped years ago find it difficult to live here. And actually owning a home is nearly impossible. So those who actually make the town tick and contribute to Santa Monica’s economy end up moving to the suburbs or outside of the state so they can live the American Dream. This week, Q-Line wants to know, “How can city leaders address this growing issue?” Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 12, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091206.pdf?ref=smdp.com)