After New York, which city has the most prestige? (live, best, largest)

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

I don't think that makes it any more fair. Jurisdictional lines *do* matter. A lot of middle class people don't want to deal with urban taxes, school issues, etc. Sometimes we observe a huge spike in income, educational attainment, etc. simply by crossing a municipal or county line.

Yes, but in this case, the City of San Francisco is wealthier and better educated than most it's suburbs.

Furthermore, I dont think it's much of an issue really because I'm comparing like sized areas whose jurisdictional lines are not really relevant when it comes to the visitor/resident experience, in other words, it doesnt matter once your there seeing what it's like with your own two eyes.

I'm simply giving a demographic profile describing what that experience would be like.

And it's clear that the San Francisco Urban Area which is similar in size and population to the City of LA, is really much nicer overall, and more apt to attract educated and affluent folks, which it does, and this affects overall prestige.

[Freddy K]

Look at that.
Sf is still getting murdered in the votes.

What a surprise.

[Freddy K]

102 to 55

Good job sf. You tried.

[18Montclair]

Percentage of Adults Who Moved in from
another state that possess a graduate degree, 2014
San Francisco-Oakland UA 35.3%
Los Angeles City 21.7%

Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley(LOL)

Adults Employed in the Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Media Occupations, 2014
Los Angeles City 119,948 Median Earnings $50,050
San Francisco-Oakland UA 66,679...Median Earnings $50,938

Adults Employed in Computer, Engineering and Science Occupations, 2014
San Francisco-Oakland UA 194,104...Median Earnings $90,957
Los Angeles City 77,019...Median Earnings $62,264

WOW.

Total Earnings in Computer, Engineering and Science Occupations, San Francisco-Oakland UA: $17.655 Billion

Total Earnings in Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Media Occupations, Los Angeles City: $6.003 Billion

#KnowledgeIsPower #StayInSchool

lol

[Freddy K]

Do you cry when you see the results from this poll?

What a blow out.

It's like kobe and shaq beating up Chris Mullin warriors.

[18Montclair]

Just so we're clear, the average tech worker in the San Francisco-Oakland UA makes 80% more money than the average entertainment worker in Los Angeles City.

Adults Employed in the Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Media Occupations, 2014
Los Angeles City 119,948...Median Earnings $50,050
San Francisco-Oakland UA 66,679...Median Earnings $50,938

Adults Employed in Computer, Engineering and Science Occupations, 2014
San Francisco-Oakland UA 194,104...Median Earnings $90,957
Los Angeles City 77,019...Median Earnings $62,264

That's hilarious.

#prestigemyarse

[Freddy K]

Prestige doesn't equal money.

Why don't you read the definition and try to learn something.

[Freddy K]

By your stupid logic a drug dealer is prestigous.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by Freddy K

Prestige doesn't equal money.

Nor does poverty.

Persons below the poverty line, 2014
Los Angeles City 862,827...22.4% of the Population
San Francisco-Oakland UA 399,874...11.7% of the Population

Money must be factored into determining prestige because it's expensive to live in prestigious places, no?

LOL

Anyhow, attitudes on a host of things are so different between LA and SF.

Persons Earning $75,000+ Who commute via public transportation:
San Francisco-Oakland UA 108,711
Los Angeles City 7,540

Median Earnings of workers who commute via public transportation:
San Francisco-Oakland UA $47,572
Los Angeles City $16,675

Downtown San Francisco is the most prestigious urban environment on the West Coast by far, and is booming with development and expansion.

[Freddy K]

It's more expensive to live in Honolulu than sf or la.
Must be more prestigious

You have no idea about anything.