Where's Best Place To Live In California If You're AFFLUENT? (Newport Beach: house, homeless)

[American_Renaissance]

Originally Posted by saibot

I was astounded at how many boats were displaying Trump signs.

Saw the same in Dana Point Harbor.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by tetka_grunya

I'd pick Belvedere or Tiburon in Marin County NorCal

This. Also: Monterey/Pebble Beach/Carmel.

This sounds an awful lot like an inquiry we got last year sometime, from a similar guy coming from abroad (he said), who wanted to know the most prestigious beach communities in CA. He, too, focussed on SoCal & the LA area, because those were the only areas he'd heard of on TV shows, where he lived. We told him, in terms of prestige, he'd need to include parts of NorCal. He said he'd never heard of Monterey or Pebble Beach. lol


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[TacoSoup]

You need to be affluent to buy in these towns, but the question is a bit misleading because affordability was part of the criteria from the hard hitting journalist team at 24/7 Wall St. There’s obviously much nicer places in SF, LA, and SD to live if you have the money?

I’d choose Solana Beach from this list because I’d rather live in San Diego than LA or SF. With that said I like Newport Beach the best of the three beach towns. Don’t know anything about Piedmont except an old employee grew up there, and I know it’s in the East Bay somewhere?

[Heidi60]

If Woodside wasn't so full of libs, it might be a nice place but not on your list. Aptos is also pretty nice and closer to the Pacific.

[msgsing]

Beverly Hills. I wanna rub elbows with the rich and famous.

[ccm123]

Newport Beach and Huntington Beach are pretty conservative areas. OC was once entirely very conservative, but it’s changing these days.

Originally Posted by saibot

That was a serious answer. I was kayaking in Newport Harbor several weeks before the election, and I was astounded at how many boats were displaying Trump signs. Elsewhere in OC there seemed to be more of a mix, but there it was all red.

[NORTY FLATZ]

Originally Posted by Sapphire Dragon

Manhattan Beach and Newport Beach are leading. Can you please tell me which place is better specifically for:
(i) Models
(ii) Private Jets
(iii) Yachts
(iv) Supercars
(v) Outdoor Activities
(vi) Low Crime Rate
(vii) Mega Mansions

What Country are you from?

It's ok, you can tell us.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

I'd live in Carmel.

[DabOnEm]

Santa Barbara or Marin.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by Sapphire Dragon

"24/7 Wall St. created a weighted index of over two dozen measures from the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, and other sources to identify the best city to live in. We considered all boroughs, census designated places, cities, towns, and villages with at least 8,000 residents."

They claim to have “created a weighted index of 25 measures that fall into one of four categories: affordability, economy, quality of life, and community” to come up with the list….and Manhattan Beach was #1. Click to see the actual article https://247wallst.com/special-report...ies-to-live-7/ and here’s the page with Manhattan Beach mentioned https://247wallst.com/special-report...-to-live-8/11/.

(1) Manhattan Beach, California
(5) Piedmont, California
(7) Solana Beach, California
(8) Newport Beach, California

I live in Piedmont. We like it. Bay Area money is very understated compared to their Socal counterparts. You have to be much more subtle in how you flaunt it up here---more Greenwich than Beverly Hills.

Anyhow this is data for the 2 largest population centers in California.

California Places by Average Family Income, Both Spouses Work, 2014-2019($300,000+)

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area:
$712,980 Atherton, CA(7,187 Pop.)
$646,915 Los Altos Hills, CA(8,559)
$608,559 Hillsborough, CA(11,444)
$550,102 Woodside, CA(5,510)
$481,650 Los Altos, CA(30,531)
$460,092 Kentfield, CA(6,930)
$417,294 Piedmont, CA(11,308)
$381,330 Orinda, CA(19,806)
$381,133 Alamo, CA(15,317)
$368,400 Saratoga, CA(30,599)
$360,262 Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
$367,398 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA
$357,342 Palo Alto, CA(66,066)
$357,317 Menlo Park, CA(34,549)
$338,100 San Carlos, CA(30,364)
$330,098 Kensington, CA(5,415)
$329,627 Lafayette, CA(26,521)
$323,153 Los Gatos, CA(30,680)
$322,149 Orinda, CA(19,608)
$311,921 Cupertino, CA(60,170)
$311,352 Mountain View, CA(83,377)
$309,741 Belmont, CA(27,113)


Los Angeles-Long Beach Combined Statistical Area:
$515,525 Indian Wells, CA(5,440 Pop)
$372,420 Rolling Hills, CA(1,867)
$363,671 Palos Verdes Estates, CA(13,404)
$346,269 Manhattan Beach, CA(35,532)
$342,118 Malibu, CA(12,777)
$337,815 San Marino, CA(13,186)
$328,838 Beverly Hills, CA(34,813)
$311,390 Laguna Beach, CA(22,991)
$300,746 Calabasas, CA(23,954)