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View Poll Results: Area that is most international and cosmopolitan
Florida 24 22.02%
Texas 20 18.35%
Northern California 65 59.63%
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Old 04-03-2012, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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You don't think that a city known worldwide as "the entertainment capital of the world" is cosmopolitan?
Do I think Las Vegas is cosmopolitan? No. Its a big playground for adults.
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Old 04-03-2012, 06:51 PM
 
Location: NYC
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Do I think Las Vegas is cosmopolitan? No. Its a big playground for adults.
I guess we have different definitions of cosmopolitan then.
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Old 04-03-2012, 06:54 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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I guess we have different definitions of cosmopolitan then.
We might, but at the end of the day most of the things that anyone poster has to say here is opinion. It doesnt make us right or wrong.
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Old 04-03-2012, 06:58 PM
 
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Interesting how the results totally change once we look at where people from these countries actually move to and make their primary residence.

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These two things are completely different dimensions. Yours doesn't say where people actually are moving to. Neither does mine, however I didn't hint at the notion. What I posted shows where people today are looking for real estate it could be for moving here, it could be for foreign investment in real estate. In either case it is information that is happening today.

What you just posted are total numbers so someone that came to San Francisco or Miami or Houston or anywhere else in 1950 or 1940 or any other year is still included in the numbers your posted as long as they're still alive.
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:09 PM
 
Location: plano
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Interesting how the results totally change once we look at where people from these countries actually move to and make their primary residence.

From the 2010 Census.

Born in Canada
Born in Switzerland
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 3,334
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 868
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 312
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 124
Id there no data on numbers born in middle east countries, vietnam, African countries or Argentina?

This is a very interesting set of data. How would an expat from say France to Houston but counted? Is that a primary residence for them, I assume it is. Great research!
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:10 PM
 
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Here is another interesting article - it doesn't go into states but it does have some other interesting things like for all those saying how lowly Hispanics are compared to Asians. Hispanics have much lower rate of Bachelor's Degrees than Asians, largely because of higher numbers of illegal immigrants that have difficult attending schools. Even with that 12% of South Americans and 12% of Asians are impoverished. Caribbean is 17% and Mexican is the worst at 24%. Between 1990 and 2008 California had less increase in foreign born than Florida and both had less increase in foreign born than Texas.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41592.pdf

This by the US Census, after the most recent census seems to agree. It also shows that while all 3 still have high percentages of foreign born the time after 2005 has seen all 3 decrease with Cali seeing a much higher decrease in foreign born. I'm guessing this is in part due to cost of living in Cali now, race relations in "fly-over" states slowly improving, and immigration laws in various states.

13.3% of California's foreign born arrived since 2005.
17% of Florida's foreign born arrived since 2005.
18.1% of Texas' foreign born arrived since 2005.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-16.pdf
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:14 PM
 
Location: On the Great South Bay
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Most International? Very good question. I am absolutely torn between Miami and San Francisco so I have not decided yet.
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:20 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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These two things are completely different dimensions. Yours doesn't say where people actually are moving to.
Huh? This is doublespeak.

The list I put has a people born in foreign countries and the places in the US they now live in.

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What you just posted are total numbers so someone that came to San Francisco or Miami or Houston or anywhere else in 1950 or 1940 or any other year is still included in the numbers your posted as long as they're still alive.
This is true, but there has been a huge migration from all over Europe and Asia to the Bay Area in the past 20 years specifically to work in technology as even entire companies or corporate division relocate to Silicon Valley from overseas--most of them work with corporate relocation services that dont go on trulia. lol

Im sure Miami attracts wealthy Latin Americans, but you obviously have very little idea of the fact that the Bay Area and its half trillion dollar economic juggernaut actually causes people to move there for work.
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:21 PM
 
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Originally Posted by 18Montclair View Post
Interesting how the results totally change once we look at where people from these countries actually move to and make their primary residence.

From the 2010 Census.

Born in Canada
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 33,110
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 31,469
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 12,491
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 11,605

Born in the United Kingdom
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 37,536
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 17,892
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 17,757
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 12,132

Born in Germany
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 22,163
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 13,118
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 9,053
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 8,282

Born in Australia
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 5,194
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 1,051
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 713
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 669

Born in Mexico
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 606,663
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 605,407
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 533,239
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 66,014

Born in France
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 11,932
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 8,333
Dallas-Ft Worth-Huntsville, TX 9,053
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 8,282

Born in India
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 161,387
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 69,828
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 60,481
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 16,445

Born in Brazil
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 39,471
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 10,035
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 5,802
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 4,505

Born in Japan
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 28,509
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 4,656
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 4,505
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 3,261

Born in China
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 354,401
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 51,294
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 25,444
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 18,707

Born in the Netherlands
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 6,487
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 2,735
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 1,761
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 674

Born in Spain
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 8,907
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 3,262
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 1,243
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 818

Born in Russia
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 18,417
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 7,543
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 5,972
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 4,580

Born in Switzerland
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 3,334
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 868
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 312
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 124
Touche.
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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13.3% of California's foreign born arrived since 2005.
17% of Florida's foreign born arrived since 2005.
18.1% of Texas' foreign born arrived since 2005.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-16.pdf
In other words, 2005-2010
California +1,349,000
Texas +749,000
Florida +621,000

So now that California has 10 MILLION FOREIGN BORN RESIDENTS, I dont mind spreading the wealth. lol
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