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With over 2,384,000 residents (35% of the Bay Area’s population) and almost one-third of the Bay Area’s jobs, the East Bay has been the fastest growing region in the San Francisco Bay Area since the mid-1980s. It will continue to do this for the next decade and beyond because of its key location and available land for new residential, commercial and industrial uses. But it is the East Bay cities diversity - economic base, ethnicity, climate, lifestyles, housing and business location opportunities that provide the region’s exceptional strength. Alameda County has been identified as the most ethnically diverse region in the nation. Ethnic diversity enhances the cultural environments of cuisine, music, entertainment, apparel, design and traditions. The East Bay’s communities also offer a unique diversity of life styles, from urban centers to rural communities, from historical, picturesque, downtowns to large, campus-style office parks.
San Francisco East Bay Photos Collage