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Im just saying, Bel Air is very nice, but there's something about a rich. urban feeling neighborhood that just exudes a prestige and class that you cant really find in more suburban settings.
On the West Coast, it doesnt get more prestigious than Pacific Heights.
Im just saying, Bel Air is very nice, but there's something about a rich. urban feeling neighborhood that just exudes a prestige and class that you cant really find in more suburban settings.
On the West Coast, it doesnt get more prestigious than Pacific Heights.
my pics.
Pacific Heights isn't close to the most prestigious West Coast neighborhood.
And while it's certainly more urban than Bel Air, no one would move to Pacific Heights for urbanity. It's mostly detached single family homes with yards, and with poor public transit and limited streetlife. It isn't even very urban for SF standards.
Pacific Heights isn't close to the most prestigious West Coast neighborhood.
And while it's certainly more urban than Bel Air, no one would move to Pacific Heights for urbanity. It's mostly detached single family homes with yards, and with poor public transit and limited streetlife. It isn't even very urban for SF standards.
In other words, one gets the best of all worlds.
And absolutely YES, Pacific Heights is the MOST prestigious residential neighborhood on the West Coast, by far. Largest concentration of urban mansions, 20 resident billionaires and 10,000 millionaires, etc. in the heart of The City no less! What a dream! No neighborhood in LA even comes close. I don't even know why your disputing this. LOL
Im just saying, Bel Air is very nice, but there's something about a rich. urban feeling neighborhood that just exudes a prestige and class that you cant really find in more suburban settings.
On the West Coast, it doesnt get more prestigious than Pacific Heights.
my pics.
Honey, take that sales-pitch on a world tour because these people ain't checkin' for San Francisco, boo. Go tell the Rothchilds' what they're missing lol.
Locations of homes priced $10 million and above, 2015 Manhattan: 612
The Hamptons: 253
Los Angeles County: 198
Miami: 192
Greenwich:45
Aspen: 42
Naples: 37
Palm Beach: 28
Dallas: 20
Westchester County: 19
Honolulu: 19
Marin County: 17
Santa Clara County: 16
Atherton: 12
Brooklyn: 10
La Jolla: 10
San Francisco: 9
Santa Barbara: 9
Atlanta: 9
Newport Beach: 6
Houston: 6
Washington, DC: 6
Most expensive homes sold, in past year, >$40MM. 1. 60 Further Lane, East Hampton, NY - $147mm
2. Copper Beech Farm, Greenwich, CT. $120mm
3. 157 West 57th Street #90, New York, NY $100.5mm
3. Fleur de Lys, Holmby Hills, CA $88mm
4. Wooldon Manor, Southampton, NY. $80mm
5. 834 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY $80mm
6. The Carolwood Estate, Holmby Hills, CA. $74mm
7. 740 Park Ave., New York, NY $71.3mm
8. 960 Fifth Ave., New York, NY $70mm
9. 1108 North Hillcrest Drive, Beverly Hills, CA. $70mm
10. 781 5th Avenue #18 New York, NY $67.5mm
11. 27852 Pacific Coast Hwy Malibu, CA $60mm
12. 157 West 57th Street, #82 New York, N.Y $56.1mm
13. 157 West 57th Street, #85 New York, N.Y $55.6mm
14. 157 West 57th Street, #86 New York, N.Y $55.5mm
15. 101 Lily Pond Ln, East Hampton NY $55mm
16. 157 West 57th Street, #80 New York, N.Y $52.95mm
17. 157 West 57th Street #84 New York, NY $52.9mm
18. 157 West 57th Street #79 New York, NY $50mm
19. 113-115 East 70th Street New York, NY $51MM
20. 157 West 57th Street #78, New York, N.Y $50.92mm
21. 212 W. 18th Street PH1, New York, N.Y. $50.9mm
22. 19 E. 70th Street, New York, N.Y. $50.25mm
22. 1 Central Park West, PH New York, NY $50.1mm
23. West End Road, East Hampton, N.Y. $50mm
24. 616 Nimes Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90077 $46.5mm
25. East 61st Street #Ph New York, NY $52mm
26. 601 N country Rd Palm Beach, FL $52mm
27. 360 S Mapleton Dr, Los Angeles, CA $49mm
28. 15 Central Park West Apt 18 New York, NY $48mm
28. 157 West 57th St Apt 40 New York, NY $47.7mm
29.. 3 Indian Creek Indian Creek, FL $47mm
30. 27 Christopher Street, New York, NY $45MM
31. 10231 Charing Cross Rd, Los Angeles, CA $45mm
32. 271 S Mapleton Dr, Los Angeles, CA $44mm
33. East 22nd Street PH New York, NY $43mm
34. 125 E 70th St New York, NY $42mm
35. 540 S Ocean Blvd Palm Beach, FL $42.9mm
36. 802 Greenwich Street, New York, NY $42.5MM
38. 1220 S Ocean Blvd Palm Beach, FL $42mm
39. 50 Central Park West #12 New York, NY $42mm
40. 576 Meadow Lane, Southampton, NY $41mm
41. 212 W 18th St PH 2 New York, NY $40.7mm
42. 12780 Chalon Rd, Los Angeles, CA $40mm
43. 125 Mid Ocean Drive, Bridgehampton NY $40mm
Location: East Central Pennsylvania/ Chicago for 6yrs.
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A good illustration of the Bay Area's lack of relative prestige- Sergey Brin, the richest guy in the Bay Area, is supposedly buying a nearly $50 million home in Alpine, NJ, just across the river from Manhattan.
Google's Sergey Brin eyes lavish 49m mansion- Google
Even the Bay Area's tech royalty puts their money in more desirable markets. Yeah, the home purchase might be related to Google's massive Manhattan presence (something like 5,000 employees and 3 million square feet of space). Google, after all, is basically a holding company at this point, and the nontechnical staff should be in a global city, not a Silicon Valley office park.
But it also speaks to the Bay Area's relative (lack of) desirability compared to NYC, LA, London, Paris, etc. SF is a very good city, but also a long way from top-tier. The tech talent is 90% around San Jose, 50 miles to the south. Global elites don't want to live in Cupertino tract homes and eat at Applebees, which is the typical SV lifestyle. They want a global city.
What is this anti-Applebee's fetish LOL. You keep using it as a example of low caliber, unsophisticated Americans go there? Well MANY COLLEGE KIDS DO TOO. They also employ them by me...
Oh guess Texas Roadhouse is too.. lowly me... I ate at one today.... Wasn't bad at all. No reservation months in advance needed. LOL.
Why are you getting worse at demeaning whole groups of Americans now? Does your list ever end.... of your next person, middle-class suburban Americans now? Name calling even in threads?
It is all the rest wrong. You are right. It just seems to be getting worse.
Most expensive homes sold, in past year, >$40MM. 1. 60 Further Lane, East Hampton, NY - $147mm
2. Copper Beech Farm, Greenwich, CT. $120mm
3. 157 West 57th Street #90, New York, NY $100.5mm
3. Fleur de Lys, Holmby Hills, CA $88mm
4. Wooldon Manor, Southampton, NY. $80mm
5. 834 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY $80mm
6. The Carolwood Estate, Holmby Hills, CA. $74mm
7. 740 Park Ave., New York, NY $71.3mm
8. 960 Fifth Ave., New York, NY $70mm
9. 1108 North Hillcrest Drive, Beverly Hills, CA. $70mm
10. 781 5th Avenue #18 New York, NY $67.5mm
11. 27852 Pacific Coast Hwy Malibu, CA $60mm
12. 157 West 57th Street, #82 New York, N.Y $56.1mm
13. 157 West 57th Street, #85 New York, N.Y $55.6mm
14. 157 West 57th Street, #86 New York, N.Y $55.5mm
15. 101 Lily Pond Ln, East Hampton NY $55mm
16. 157 West 57th Street, #80 New York, N.Y $52.95mm
17. 157 West 57th Street #84 New York, NY $52.9mm
18. 157 West 57th Street #79 New York, NY $50mm
19. 113-115 East 70th Street New York, NY $51MM
20. 157 West 57th Street #78, New York, N.Y $50.92mm
21. 212 W. 18th Street PH1, New York, N.Y. $50.9mm
22. 19 E. 70th Street, New York, N.Y. $50.25mm
22. 1 Central Park West, PH New York, NY $50.1mm
23. West End Road, East Hampton, N.Y. $50mm
24. 616 Nimes Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90077 $46.5mm
25. East 61st Street #Ph New York, NY $52mm
26. 601 N country Rd Palm Beach, FL $52mm
27. 360 S Mapleton Dr, Los Angeles, CA $49mm
28. 15 Central Park West Apt 18 New York, NY $48mm
28. 157 West 57th St Apt 40 New York, NY $47.7mm
29.. 3 Indian Creek Indian Creek, FL $47mm
30. 27 Christopher Street, New York, NY $45MM
31. 10231 Charing Cross Rd, Los Angeles, CA $45mm
32. 271 S Mapleton Dr, Los Angeles, CA $44mm
33. East 22nd Street PH New York, NY $43mm
34. 125 E 70th St New York, NY $42mm
35. 540 S Ocean Blvd Palm Beach, FL $42.9mm
36. 802 Greenwich Street, New York, NY $42.5MM
38. 1220 S Ocean Blvd Palm Beach, FL $42mm
39. 50 Central Park West #12 New York, NY $42mm
40. 576 Meadow Lane, Southampton, NY $41mm
41. 212 W 18th St PH 2 New York, NY $40.7mm
42. 12780 Chalon Rd, Los Angeles, CA $40mm
43. 125 Mid Ocean Drive, Bridgehampton NY $40mm
So sowwy, but New York City is the only truly impressive location on your entire list.
Those LA properties are massive, resort-sized campuses. LOL. SO NOT IMPRESSED.
This spells it out your epic FAIL in bloody detail.
This massive palace and acres this big would be worth $483 Million in Pacific Heights.
I mean really, how gauche.
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