Despite the availability of cheaper, more spacious-housing in the West Bank, fewer than 1 percent of house-holders in the Greater Tel Aviv area, Israel’s most densely populated region, would consider moving there, according to a new survey by Marketest, a marketing research firm.
The survey coincided with new studies showing that Israel is building housing for Jews in the West Bank at a faster pace than ever.
According to Oded Shay, a Marketest official, the findings contrast sharply with the results of a survey his firm did for a West Bank construction company in 1983.
At that time, 10 percent of the respondents in Greater Tel Aviv, also known as the Dan region, said they were considering or would be willing to buy a house or an apartment in the West Bank.
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