I would take this survey with a heavy grain of salt. From the article "The two-question survey (“Do you plan on settling down in another city?” and “What’s you

I would take this survey with a heavy grain of salt. From the article "The two-question survey (“Do you plan on settling down in another city?” and “What’s your biggest reason for leaving?”) covered 24,000 respondents nationwide." If I was living in SF and someone asked me "Do you plan on settling down in another city?" - my answer would be yes, somewhere in the Bay Area suburb like Palo Alto. I think very few people are looking to "settle" in SF.