When city dwellers move to that big house in the suburbs

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

Chris Loesel, a San Francisco native, knew that she and her husband and daughters had outgrown their 960-square-foot home in San Carlos, but they were trapped.

Bay Area housing costs kept them from buying anything larger. Better schools for their children, ages 5 and 7, were another concern. Chris researched school districts in affordable locations, looking for high test scores, and El Dorado Hills, a community 25 miles east of Sacramento, caught her attention. The Loesels, who are in their 40s, moved there five years ago.

Something has to give.