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San Jose seems quite disconnected culturally from the rest of the bay area, though it is certainly connected and probably should be part of the MSA. Hip areas of SF and East Bay are the most similar, but they aren't really built out similarly aesthetically for the most part. North Bay is kind of it's own thing also (Marin/Sonoma/Napa) but leans more connected to SF culture than East Bay or Silicon Valley culture, some areas similar to a Berkeley vibe though...
People priced out of SF often go to East Bay, not so much to Silicon Valley area (which is quite pricey in itself)
SF and East Bay are also much better connected and closer together.
SF to Oakland is about 7 miles (just a bridge and water), SF to San Jose is about 45 miles filled with a long peninsula and other towns and suburbia.
San Jose seems quite disconnected culturally from the rest of the bay area, though it is certainly connected and probably should be part of the MSA. Hip areas of SF and East Bay are the most similar, but they aren't really built out similarly aesthetically for the most part. North Bay is kind of it's own thing also (Marin/Sonoma/Napa) but leans more connected to SF culture than East Bay or Silicon Valley culture, some areas similar to a Berkeley vibe though...
People priced out of SF often go to East Bay, not so much to Silicon Valley area (which is quite pricey in itself)
SF and East Bay are also much better connected and closer together.
SF to Oakland is about 7 miles (just a bridge and water), SF to San Jose is about 45 miles filled with a long peninsula and other towns and suburbia.
SF and Oakland may be close in terms of proximity, but are actually quite different culturally.
Wait, so judging from the poll right now, the Bay Area is the most culturally unified despite most of the posts in here saying that they aren't culturally unified?
Dallas and Fort Worth has a bit of a split between each other because of history and all. Arlington is a Tarrant County suburb, but claims Dallas when it's best convenient for them. The rest of the suburbs are just... there.
But out of those areas, yeah, I'd say we're the most "culturally unified".
Man. I thought Atlanta was the only city with suburbs like that.
Anyway, the answer to the question is DFW, South FL, and The Bay Area. And in that order.
The Bay Area is not culturally unified at all...far from it.
Whites & Asians in San Francisco
Blacks in Oakland
Hispanics & Asians in San Jose
Have you even been to the Bay Area?
Oakland and San Jose are far more than bi-racial cities, although San Francisco is, for the most part, Asian and white. If OP wanted a list of the least diverse and most racially homogenous cities then it'd be a tie between Miami metro and DFW. This thread is about cultural unification, so while the Bay Area is one of the most diverse regions in the nation its population is very well integrated.
San Jose seems quite disconnected culturally from the rest of the bay area, though it is certainly connected and probably should be part of the MSA. Hip areas of SF and East Bay are the most similar, but they aren't really built out similarly aesthetically for the most part. North Bay is kind of it's own thing also (Marin/Sonoma/Napa) but leans more connected to SF culture than East Bay or Silicon Valley culture, some areas similar to a Berkeley vibe though...
People priced out of SF often go to East Bay, not so much to Silicon Valley area (which is quite pricey in itself)
SF and East Bay are also much better connected and closer together.
SF to Oakland is about 7 miles (just a bridge and water), SF to San Jose is about 45 miles filled with a long peninsula and other towns and suburbia.
Each sub-region of the Bay Area (SF, Peninsula, East Bay, South Bay, North Bay) is made up of distinct sub-cultures. The region's cultural unification comes more from acceptance of those various sub-cultures than direct similarity, I think. There is also cultural similarity in a general focus on working to live rather than the reverse, active lifestyle, and the outdoors.
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Originally Posted by Metro Matt
The Bay Area is not culturally unified at all...far from it.
Whites & Asians in San Francisco
Blacks in Oakland
Hispanics & Asians in San Jose
That's more than a tad simplistic. Each county in the Bay Area (except for Marin) has a diverse racial mix. More importantly, racial difference does not mean cultural disunity.
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