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Old 09-26-2018, 03:11 PM
 
Location: OC
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Didn't realize Austin was that much higher than Houston and Dallas.
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Old 09-26-2018, 04:54 PM
 
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Didn't realize Austin was that much higher than Houston and Dallas.
Tech pays.

And, Houston and Dallas have far more socieconomic diversity I’m sure.
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Old 09-26-2018, 05:08 PM
 
Location: SoCal
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Didn't realize Austin was that much higher than Houston and Dallas.
Whats even more appaling are the gaps between Seattle, San jose, Austin, and San Diego. The latter has a $18k a year gap and this is just between #2 and #3.
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Old 09-26-2018, 06:59 PM
 
Location: South Park, San Diego
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Whats even more appaling are the gaps between Seattle, San jose, Austin, and San Diego. The latter has a $18k a year gap and this is just between #2 and #3.
Silicon Valley pays the big bucks! It is an outlier to everywhere else.
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Old 09-26-2018, 07:07 PM
 
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Clarification, but I’m assuming most people realize that this list is generated via median income for city residents, not by MSA. MSA income would be vastly different for many cities.

It became very clear when I saw Boston.
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Old 09-26-2018, 08:43 PM
 
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Clarification, but I’m assuming most people realize that this list is generated via median income for city residents, not by MSA. MSA income would be vastly different for many cities.

It became very clear when I saw Boston.
Yup, this list is of the 25 most populous *cities*, NOT "major metro areas".
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Old 09-26-2018, 09:20 PM
 
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Clarification, but I’m assuming most people realize that this list is generated via median income for city residents, not by MSA. MSA income would be vastly different for many cities.

It became very clear when I saw Boston.
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Yup, this list is of the 25 most populous *cities*, NOT "major metro areas".
Thank you for pointing that out. I've changed the thread title to "25 most populous cities" to make it more accurate.
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Old 09-27-2018, 10:43 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Clarification, but I’m assuming most people realize that this list is generated via median income for city residents, not by MSA. MSA income would be vastly different for many cities.

It became very clear when I saw Boston.
Yes, Philadelphia (city) is embarrassingly low, but the metro area stabilizes the income rates due to the wealthy counties surrounding Philadelphia.

I believe Philadelphia is the most polarizing example of economics between the city and its suburbs.
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Old 09-27-2018, 11:04 AM
 
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Yes, Philadelphia (city) is embarrassingly low, but the metro area stabilizes the income rates due to the wealthy counties surrounding Philadelphia.

I believe Philadelphia is the most polarizing example of economics between the city and its suburbs.
Very real possibility. I'd think NYC, Chicago, LA, Philadelphia, and Boston all fall into that category.

E.g. imagine the median income of the Main Line? Chicago's North Shore? Boston's MetroWest? LA's Orange County?
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Old 09-27-2018, 04:04 PM
 
Location: 0.83 Atmospheres
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This is very interesting. People keep saying that Denver is overpriced because wages haven’t kept up with the housing costs. While that may be true, I was shocked to see that Denver has the 8th highest median income in the country - ahead of places like New York, Chicago, and LA.
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