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Where did you “run the number”? It’s OK you disagree.
I agree D.C is a highly educated city, the city itself is sophisticated with many international institutes and wealthy art patrons, but a lot of people there are “status-chasing transplants” who are on “power trip” (D.C is all about pedigree and power, anecdotally.) because that’s the whole point of working for the government and rubbing shoulders and hobnobbing in a town like D.C!
True this may be- DC is still a more educated town
For me, I live in NW DC so I picked DC. High QOL, more diverse, more walkable, etc.
agreed, why Crystal City in particular and not Arlington as a whole? North of the Anacostia is a weird designation. I'm not sure OP has a good understanding of the DC area.
Definitely not more diverse....West LA is waaaaay more diverse than DC (whether you're limiting to West DC or DC in its entirety), and it's not even close
Definitely not more diverse....West LA is waaaaay more diverse than DC (whether you're limiting to West DC or DC in its entirety), and it's not even close
Yea.. LA is one is the most diverse cities in the world. DC is diverse, but not on LA's level.
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Definitely not more diverse....West LA is waaaaay more diverse than DC (whether you're limiting to West DC or DC in its entirety), and it's not even close
OP is cutting it from West of the Anacostia river and including across to the West of the Potomac in Arlington. With it cut out that way West LA is not "waaaaay" more diverse than the area being talked about for DC. The District proper only loses points when by percentage adding in EOTR.
And as an urban area, and a metro area DC and LA are arguably chasing 2nd and 3rd for most diversity in the nation with maybe Houston as the other contender.
True this may be- DC is still a more educated town
You can run the numbers on Census Reporter.
The Westside of LA is most likely more highly educated than DC tho. It is the idyllic version of LA people think of, aside from the beaches and hollywood types, its very worldly, extremely cosmopolitan, cutting edge in art, media, tech, a real magnet for talent from all over the world. People of considerable means and ability flock there. Ijs.
Definitely not more diverse....West LA is waaaaay more diverse than DC (whether you're limiting to West DC or DC in its entirety), and it's not even close
The Westside of LA is most likely more highly educated than DC tho. It is the idyllic version of LA people think of, aside from the beaches and hollywood types, its very worldly, extremely cosmopolitan, cutting edge in art, media, tech, a real magnet for talent from all over the world. People of considerable means and ability flock there. Ijs.
I think in terms of very high net worth individuals, westside of LA will beat out DC. However, in terms of education as in degrees in various fields from accredited institutions, it's going to be DC by a fairly large measure. I think going by talent though is going to be more difficult to show one way or the other as talent can be pretty loosely defined or swung towards an arbitrary definition, and I think there can be a reasonable distinction and non-exclusive distinction made between highly educated and talented.
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I think in terms of very high net worth individuals, westside of LA will beat out DC. [i]However, in terms of education as in degrees in various fields from accredited institutions, it's going to be DC by a fairly large margin
Perhaps in the bureaucrat sense, but otherwise Im not sure. I don't think we can overstate the fact that LA attracts a lot of people who are quite accomplished in many fields.
Perhaps in the bureaucrat sense, but otherwise Im not sure. I don't think we can overstate the fact that LA attracts a lot of people who are quite accomplished in many fields.
Yes, I said there is a distinction to be made between talented and highly educated though they are not mutually exclusive (as in you can be one or the other, both, or neither). Same goes with quite accomplished and highly educated. However, the person you're quoting specifically said highly educated and I do not think it is accurate to characterize the Westside of Los Angeles as more highly educated than DC and that can be demonstrably shown to some extent as educational attainment does actually get directly polled in the census. Talented and accomplished though would be a trickier one to get data on, but I do think this is a lot more comparable though somewhat nebulous in definition. I do like westside LA especially as the OP stretches it out all the way to include Griffith Park, Hollywood, and Koreatown and I think with that sort of definition, it's easily the best part of all of California unless we're arguing for something natural like coastal redwoods or yosemite.
Although, admittedly, I always forget how embarrassingly low LA's Black population is, so actually I may have to retract my statement.
Even with such high Asian and Latino populations, LA has a such a low Black population and DC has a high Black population, so they I guess that balances out and the diversity disparity isn't as great between the 2.
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