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Old 05-25-2012, 12:58 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Quite a combo. lol

Weird they define by how much an area deviates from the national norms. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ranked 1st and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ranked 2nd in that regard.

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The metropolitan area that includes San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont has the highest per capita income in the United States, at $61,348, according to the report from the group CEOS for Cities, which analyzed 2010 Census data. The area including the Silicon Valley anchors San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara comes in second at $58,947...

The group found that while "no large metropolitan area's consumption patterns exactly mirrored those of the nation as a whole," consumer behaviors in the San Jose area varied the most from the national norms for sports, fitness, hobbies and aspects of home life. The San Francisco area ranked second.

The two areas also reigned in the "Culture/HDTV ratio," meaning they had the highest ratios of attendance at cultural events and number of households with high-definition television.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, they had the largest proportion of people employed as "creative professionals," namely mathematicians, scientists, artists, engineers, architects and designers, and the largest amounts of venture capital raised per 1,000 population in 2011.
California area tops for weirdos, paychecks | Reuters

PS the report is wrong about hpw they define 'paychecks'.

per capita income is not average wages, but even among average wages, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Fremont is 1st as far as average wages and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 2nd.
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Old 05-25-2012, 01:14 AM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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Har Har. SJ has the weirdest consumer behavior. Pretty cool to out-weird SF in something for once.
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Old 05-25-2012, 09:07 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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I'd gladly turn a bit weird to get a raise.

And don't you dare take away my HDTV haha!
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Old 05-25-2012, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Har Har. SJ has the weirdest consumer behavior. Pretty cool to out-weird SF in something for once.
Ranch 99 supermarkets and Bollywood movie houses are probably not normal yet for most of America. lol
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Old 05-25-2012, 09:25 AM
 
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Ranch 99 supermarkets and Bollywood movie houses are probably not normal yet for most of America. lol
LOL..the AMC in Santa Clara has half of the screens dedicated to Bollywood movies.
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Old 05-25-2012, 09:27 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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LOL..the AMC in Santa Clara has half of the screens dedicated to Bollywood movies.
I heart bollywood movies(with subtitles of course)

lol
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Old 05-25-2012, 10:49 AM
 
Location: Pleasanton, CA
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Based on the article's definition of "weird", I'd say the Bay Area's weirdness is a good thing.
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Old 05-25-2012, 11:19 AM
 
Location: San Francisco
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I'm all for it. I just got back from 12 days in NYC, I was just too ready to come back.

Bring on the weirdness and the paychecks, please.

Thank you.
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Old 05-25-2012, 12:58 PM
 
Location: surrounded by reality
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So, which is it? Do the weirdos bring in the big bucks or does the green attract the weirdos? Or is it simply a coincidence?
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Old 05-25-2012, 01:09 PM
 
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So, which is it? Do the weirdos bring in the big bucks or does the green attract the weirdos?
I think it's a combination of both. Don't think it's a coincidence, though.
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