DMV vs the Bay area (state, compare, places, metropolitan)

[killakoolaide]

Both are among our nations most important metros, this is just a look at how they compare. The categories are below

natives:
Education:
Nightlife:
Infrastructure:
Diversity:
Premier City:
suburbs:
secondary cities:
Food:
COL:
QOL:
Economy:
Climate:
Nature:
Public transportation:
Tourist friendly:
national/global importance:
Overall:

[CapeTownSA]

Where exactly is DMV?

[killakoolaide]

Originally Posted by CapeTownSA

Where exactly is DMV?

The D.C. metropolitan area

[grapico]

natives: dmv
Education: tie
Nightlife: dmv
Infrastructure:dmv
Diversity: bay area
Premier City: sf
suburbs: bay area
secondary cities: baltimore
Food: bay area
COL: dmv
QOL: bay area
Economy: dmv
Climate: bay area
Nature: bay area
Public transportation: dmv
Tourist friendly: tie
national/global importance: dmv

these metros match up pretty well

[BKmachine]

Originally Posted by killakoolaide

Both are among our nations most important metros, this is just a look at how they compare. The categories are below

natives: DMV
Education: Toss up
Nightlife: Bay area
Infrastructure: DMV
Diversity: DMV
Premier City: DMV
suburbs: DMV
secondary cities: IF you wanna include Baltimore with the DMV.
Food: Bay area
COL: Bay area
QOL: DMV
Economy: DMV
Climate: Bay area
Nature: DMV
Public transportation: DMV
Tourist friendly: Both
national/global importance: DMV
Overall: DMV all day everyday

[BKmachine]

Originally Posted by CapeTownSA

Where exactly is DMV?

DMV= DC Maryland Virginia, but this doesn't include the entire states of MD and VA just the suburbs of it.

[calisnuffy]

Originally Posted by grapico

natives: dmv
Education: tie
Nightlife: dmv
Infrastructure:dmv
Diversity: bay area
Premier City: sf
suburbs: bay area
secondary cities: baltimore
Food: bay area
COL: dmv
QOL: bay area
Economy: dmv
Climate: bay area
Nature: bay area
Public transportation: dmv
Tourist friendly: tie
national/global importance: dmv

these metros match up pretty well

Mind elaborating on the "economy" ? I mean really?

[Spade]

Originally Posted by killakoolaide

Both are among our nations most important metros, this is just a look at how they compare. The categories are below

natives: Bay
Education: Bay (Love G'Town but SF has Stanford and Cal-Berkeley)
Nightlife: DMV
Infrastructure: Tie
Diversity: Tie
Premier City: Bay
suburbs: Bay
secondary cities: Bay
Food: Tie
COL: HA...I will pick DMV
QOL: subjective
Economy: Tie
Climate: Bay but I do like snow
Nature: Tie
Public transportation: DMV
Tourist friendly: Tie
national/global importance: DMV
Overall: DMV

DMV slightly over the Bay Area

[DC90]

Originally Posted by calisnuffy

Mind elaborating on the "economy" ? I mean really?

You seem confused. Well, let's see..

Low unemployment,

Unemployment:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA: 5.9%
United States: 9.5%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA: 10.5%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA: 11.7%

Larger economy,

GDP


3. Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA $533.542 Billion
Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area $133,012
Lexington Park, MD Micro Area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area $395,747
Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area $4,783

4. Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA $526.895 Billion
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area $520,672
Kankakee-Bradley, IL Metro Area $3,094
Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area $3,336

5. San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA $508.418 Billion
Napa, CA Metro Area $7,434
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area $310,825
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area $146,687
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area $9,903
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area $20,229
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metro Area $13,340

So yes, really!

Is there anything else I can help you with?

[grapico]

Originally Posted by calisnuffy

Mind elaborating on the "economy" ? I mean really?

What is there to elaborate on... lets see ... federal jobs and a 6.9% unemployment rate. Washington Metro is nearly 1/3 federal jobs which is more immune to recessions, as, the show must go on.

GMP of DC+ Baltimore MSA = 528B
GMP of SF/Oakland + SJ MSA= 448B

Is this up for debate?

Similar to #'s above... But I tend not to include places like Napa or Winchester in my analysis. This isn't the 90s anymore...Not sure anybody would doubt the prowess of Washington power after the last few economic years.

Note I see the employment is actually lower than mine, which I pulled all from Jan 2010.