Room? Yes. Staff? No.

Interesting that the new state hospital in Coalinga would go so woefully unstaffed. Understandably, many professionals don't want to abandon urban areas for the much-more rural (and aroma-filled) town.

It also mirrors a real-estate trend, perhaps somewhat in the making -- we've seen consistent migration to the Central Valley and to smaller towns in search of more affordable housing. Could the fact that this flashy new hospital is having trouble getting people be an indicator that the tide is indeed turning?