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It is a factor in deciding where to live, but it may not be the most important one.
For example, even though San Francisco is the "Asian Mecca," it is not the metro area where Asians have the highest median incomes or are the most educated. That would be Washington, D.C.
So, it depends on what your purpose is and what you value more. If you have more disposable income, you can travel more often to your country of choice as well.
Can you cite that statistic? Even if it is true, I don't think it disproves my thesis. A recent Chinese immigrant is still better served living in SF than DC due to the network. The median income for Asian Americans in DC (if the statistic is true) is higher might be due to the high paying government jobs where a select few have, so the sample size is smaller than it would be in SF.
Actually it's not just Asian Americans, but African Americans and Hispanic Americans also have the highest educational attainment levels and the highest median incomes in the Washington, D.C. area compared to other major metro areas in the U.S.
The first figure is for educational attainment (% with college degree or higher). The second is for median household income. BTW, these stats are for MSAs, not city limits.
Here's the data for Hispanic Americans.
Boston (18.6%/$39,365)
San Francisco (17.6%/$56,747) Washington, DC (23.2%/$65,481)
New York (16.1%/$43,045)
Miami (16.1%/$42,582)
Chicago (12.3%/$47,622)
Here's data for African Americans.
Boston (22.9%/$43,188)
San Francisco (23.4%/$43,170) Washington, DC (30.5%/$64,775)
New York (21.8%/$45,048)
Atlanta (26.9%/$43,743)
Chicago ( 19.8%/$36,440)
Here's data for Asian Americans.
Boston (56.9%/$76,599)
San Francisco (49.6%/$85,481) Washington, DC (61.6%/$99,474)
New York (52.7%/$75,598)
This information is courtesy of BajanYankee. Like I said, I'm not arguing that this data is the only criteria that one should consider - far from it. This is something interesting and worth looking at in conjunction with other factors.
People should live where they're most comfortable. Personally, I feel most comfortable in a place predominantly of European descent, but is also a clean and healthy environment. Why European? Because I love fashion from France, Spain, and Italy. I only like to eat Nordic and Eastern European foods (need those specialty markets!), and I am attracted to pale guys with light eyes. EVERYBODY has a preference and there are VERY few places where one feels comfortable enough to call home. I lived in Texas once and couldn't warm up to Mexican food and thug hip-hop culture. Gross!!! So not me.:/
I think it's only somewhat normal to live in an area where you are not the only one of your color/ race. This thread has got me intrigued to hear stories from Asians in Kentucky or Blacks in South Dakota or Whites in Chicago Southside.
Living among people a lot like you (i.e., of the same heritage/culture) breeds narrow-mindedness and exclusivity; leads to conformity and group-think; hinders the establishment of your own self-identity in favor of the identity of the group at large; and for immigrants in particular, leads to the avoidance of assimilation.
Most of my closest friends are not Italian-American for those very reasons!
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