The demographics of where I live...

Posted at 7:08 on Tuesday March 28, 2006 | Filed Under Miscellaneous

...are totally absurd. And if you look up the stats for Los Altos or Atherton, they're even more ridiculous (median income > $120,000).

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Comments (4)

1.: What's really f'd up is the status calculator. A lawyer is considered a more prestigious occupation than CEO.

Of course, in these post-Enron days, they may be right!

Posted by Chris Yeh at March 28, 2006 08:35 AM

2.: Atherton is the highest income area in the nation (and highest housing price). It's CEO Central, so that's not surprising.

Posted by Rick at March 28, 2006 09:59 AM

3.: Well I think CA takes the cake on highest housing prices, but Potomac, MD 20854 has it beat on income :)

Posted by Jon at March 30, 2006 08:25 AM

4.: Yeah, I just checked 20850 (Rockville, MD, where I live) and the stats for income came in higher, surprisingly. But it doesn't look like Ramit lives *in* Atherton, but in the Valley close to Atherton. (Exact city - I don't know.) I'd like to see the exact numbers generated for Atherton, because I'm sure they make Potomac look small. Or at least, they are closer to Potomac, MD's stats than Ramit's neighborhood.

Posted by Khyron at April 1, 2006 09:29 PM

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