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View Poll Results: Where's Best Place To Live In California If You're AFFLUENT?
Manhattan Beach, California 8 16.33%
Piedmont, California 1 2.04%
Solana Beach, California 7 14.29%
Newport Beach, California 33 67.35%
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-25-2021, 06:14 AM
 
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I'm not affluent, but I'm well above average, with expensive tastes. Solana Beach is nice, but next-door Del Mar is older, nicer, and sounds better at a cocktail party. Also, I live there (as a renter - I can't afford to buy). So that is my vote for #1. Working my way up the coast, I'd also pick out Laguna Beach, Santa Barbara, Carmel, parts of Santa Cruz, Marin County, Piedmont/Lamorinda, and the Sonoma/Napa wine country. I'd pass on Newport Beach - too commercial, except in the tiny Corona del Mar area.
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Old 01-25-2021, 03:53 PM
 
Location: NNV
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#RichPeopleProblems for me
Bull. You don't even know Beijing, Shanghai and Dubai have AFFLUENT areas.
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Old 01-26-2021, 10:24 PM
 
Location: NNV
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Which is better for Landmarks, Manhattan Beach or Newport Beach?
Landmarks? Really? AFFLUENT Landmarks? Can't use Google to research this? . They both have beaches and piers...

Or these landmarks?

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(i) Models
(ii) Private Jets
(iii) Yachts
(iv) Supercars
......
(vii) Mega Mansions

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Old 01-26-2021, 11:50 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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Which is better for Landmarks, Manhattan Beach or Newport Beach?
Give it a rest
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Old 01-27-2021, 08:50 AM
 
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Landmarks? Really? AFFLUENT Landmarks? Can't use Google to research this? . They both have beaches and piers...

Or these landmarks?
My first thought was "they both have a pier." Other than that, I've got nothing.
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Old 01-27-2021, 12:58 PM
 
Location: NNV
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Give it a rest
Looks like a permanent rest... Couldn't handle his "richpeopleproblems".

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Old 01-27-2021, 01:08 PM
 
Location: God's Gift to Mankind for flying anything
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Yes. I saw more Trump signs and flags on boats in Newport Harbor than anywhere else in OC.
Interesting observation...

But not surprising!

If you do not need freebee handouts, then you would be in that group.

Sadly too many people prefer handouts, thus Biden is a favorite...
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Old 05-09-2021, 06:46 AM
 
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Monterey and Pacific Grove is too cold. Weatherwise? Manhattan Beach wins the contest by a nose.
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Old 05-09-2021, 10:04 AM
 
Location: Piedmont, CA
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They just released a 2021 Report last Week, here are the new Standings:
(2) Manhattan Beach, California
(4) Newport Beach, California
(5) Piedmont, California
(16) Solana Beach, California

(1) Palo Alto, California

https://247wallst.com/special-report...es-to-live-10/
I realize your query is extremely superficial and based on completely fluffy criteria, but there is a nonprofit called Measure of America, and they came out with a list of California subgeographic areas based on quality of life measures like health, education, income, general well being.

Anyhow, the average score for the US was 5.07 out of 10, and here are their scores for the Top Areas in California:

One Percent California consists of the two neighborhood clusters that score 9 or above out of 10 on the HD Index; these neighborhoods are home to just under one in every one hundred Californians

Neighborhood clusters that score between 7 and 8.99 on the Index are Elite Enclave California; 15 percent of Californians are part of this group.


California's 1%
1 9.26 Palo Alto-Los Altos-Mountain View
2 9.26 Cupertino-Saratoga-Los Gatos

California's Elite Enclaves
3 8.96 San Ramon-Danville-Alamo
4 8.96 Walnut Creek-Lafayette-Orinda-Moraga
5 8.61 Redondo Beach-Manhattan Beach-Hermosa Beach
6 8.49 Calabasas-Agoura Hills-Malibu-Westlake Village
7 8.49 San Diego(Northwest-Del Mar Mesa)
8 8.42 Newport Beach-Aliso Viejo-Laguna Hills
9 8.38 Rancho Santa Margarita
10 8.24 Los Angeles(Pacific Palisades)
11 8.24 Palos Verdes Peninsula
12 8.18 Sunnyvale-San Jose(North)
13 8.13 Oakland(Hills) & Piedmont
14 8.10 Irvine City
15 8.03 San Mateo(South)-Half Moon Bay
16 7.99 San Diego(Northwest/San Dieguito) & Encinitas
17 7.97 San Diego(Northeast/Rancho Bernardo) & Poway
18 7.90 San Rafael-Mill Valley-Sausalito
19 7.75 Fremont City
20 7.75 Redwood CIty-San Carlos-Belmont
21 7.73 Santa Monica City
22 7.70 San Jose(Southwest-Almaden Valley)
23 7.69 San Francisco(Inner Sunset-Castro)
24 7.69 Livermore, Pleasanton & Dublin
25 7.58 San Gabriel Valley Region(North)
26 7.57 Los Angeles(Southwest/Marina Del Rey & Westchester) & Culver City
27 7.51 San Francisco(Sunset District)
28 7.51 San Francisco(North Beach/Chinatown)
29 7.50 Concord(South)-Walnut Creek(East) & Clayton
30 7.48 Berkeley-Albany
31 7.47 San Jose(Northwest) & Santa Clara
32 7.39 San Francisco(Richmond District)
33 7.36 West Hollywood-Beverly Hills
34 7.34 Carlsbad City
35 7.29 Thousand Oaks City
36 7.25 San Jose(West Central) & Campbell
37 7.23 Los Angeles(West Central/Westwood/West LA)
38 7.21 Mission Viejo & Rancho Santa Margarita
39 7.07 Long Beach(East)
40 7.04 San Jose(Northeast) & Milpitas
41 7.04 San Francisco(Sunset District South)
42 7.03 San Clemente, Laguna Niguel-San Juan Capistrano
43 7.02 San Mateo(North), Burlingame & Millbrae
44 7.02 Diamond Bar-La Habra Heights-Rowland Heights

Anyhow, your link says Palo Alto was rated number 1? Well it really is one of the most elite areas in the, well, entire world, actually. It's not Newport Beachy at all, nothing wrong with Newport Beach in the least, in fact it's great, but Palo Alto is a different wealth animal altogether.
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Old 05-09-2021, 12:21 PM
 
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18Montclair~ Thanks for that info. Very interesting.

Linky...https://measureofamerica.org/
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