San Francisco vs San Jose

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by jade408

I think this is semi-true. Depending on your demographic of course.

As a middle class black woman, I like living in Oakland because it is diverse in class and race. As a result, I don't even put jobs in San Jose on my list as options. But if my only choice was to work in south bay, I'd move.

Yes, that's why I wrote "although, I do see the appeal of that". Which was mainly a reference to the diversity aspects that are unmatched anywhere else in the region (although I didn't explicitly say that).

[jade408]

Originally Posted by bobby_guz_man

Inspired by your remark, I did a quick check for race demographics between the three anchor cities of the Bay.

SF: Dominated largely by Whites and Asians.
SJ: Equal distribution between Whites, Asians, and Latinos
Oakland: Equal distribution between Whites, Asians, Latinos, and Blacks.

In general, the Bay area is very ethnically diverse. But among the Big Three, there's practically no doubt that Oakland holds the most diverse title

It is pretty amazing though, because most cities in the US have nowhere near even distribution!

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by jade408

It is pretty amazing though, because most cities in the US have nowhere near even distribution!

Which is why we sometimes raise an when Bay Area/CA bashers decry the place they're leaving as being saturated with PC/lib/commie aspects they so desperately want to escape from...when what they're really alluding to is escaping the diversity being discussed here. Some even have the cajones to come out and say it!