Austin MSA vs SFBA and TX vs CA

Funny… WFH allows for great flexibility yet want to ask for more… RTO!

COMPLETELY agree. the threat of layoffs, companies going under, always there.

https://www.thestreet.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-ceo-sends-dire-warning-to-california?puc=smartnews&cm_ven=SMARTNEWS

McDonalds in Payson is seeing flagging sales. They replaced many of their employees with self serve machines. They’re a pain. If you don’t want cheese on your burger or salt on your fries it’s hard to navigate and when you press a button for help it never comes. Add to that price increases which make a Micki Dees burger as expensive as a really good small independent store burger only without the service and it just isn’t worth it anymore. I imagine in urban centers where everything costs more and people have lower expectations for their dining experience its less of a problem. Regardless, look for machines to replace people in CA. That’s what happened when grape pickers had to be paid overtime.

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Wait a second. People eating at McDonald’s have expectations for dining experience?

We expect it to be fast cheap and good… not any longer.

In nOut is way better. lots of employees, great service better burgers and similar in price… without the dam kiosks

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They do in some places. Not in others.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article281401848.html

Wow, even Auburn isn’t safe anymore.

2022 US Cities Asian Population, 30%+
76.0%–Milpitas, CA
65.1%–Fremont, CA
64.9%–Honolulu, HI
63.1%–Daly City, CA
61.7%–Union City, CA
60.6%–Dublin, CA
56.8%–Alhambra, CA
55.6%–Santa Clara, CA
53.5%–Sunnyvale, CA
53.5%–Westminster, CA
50.5%–San Ramon, CA
49.8%–Irvine, CA
48.1%–Pleasanton, CA
45.7%–Bellevue, WA
45.5%–Garden Grove, CA
45.0%–Chino Hills, CA
44.9%–Torrance, CA
44.6%–San Leandro, CA
43.8%–Redmond, WA
42.3%–San Jose, CA
41.3%–Elk Grove, CA
40.7%–Sammamish, WA
40.0%–San Francisco, CA
39.4%–Castro Valley, CA
38.4%–Mountain View, CA
38.0%–Buena Park, CA
37.8%–Alameda, CA
37.4%–Sugar Land, TX
36.0%–Palo Alto, CA
35.3%–San Mateo, CA
34.9%–Renton, WA
34.1%–Ellicott City, MD
33.8%–Centreville, VA
33.8%–Hayward, CA
33.2%–West Covina, CA
32.7%–Yorba Linda, CA
31.8%–Enterprise, NV
31.7%–Malden, MA
31.4%–Johns Creek, GA
30.8%–Quincy, MA
30.5%–Tustin, CA
30.1%–Davis, CA

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Did Cupertino included under SJ or Santa Clara? Or there is a minimum population size?
Cupertino has 69.3% Asians.
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=percentage+of+asians+in+cupertino&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

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Florida is disingenuous? I thought that was the definition of LA.
Looks like this guy would be miserable just about anywhere…

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Average Family Income–Place(Metro Area)
$587,780—Nicasio, CA(San Francisco)
$567,465—Atherton, CA(San Francisco)
$549,279—Portola Valley, CA(San Francisco)
$530,314—Hillsborough, CA(San Francisco)
$476,217—Rolling Hills, CA(Los Angeles)
$465,533—Belvedere, CA(San Francisco)
$463,282—Monte Sereno, CA(San Jose)
$461,012—Woodside, CA(San Francisco)
$458,026—Los Altos Hills, CA(San Jose)
$440,769—Bradbury, CA(Los Angeles)
$439,271—Emerald Lake Hills, CA(San Francisco)
$438,881—Norris Canyon, CA(San Francisco)
$415,384—Ross, CA(San Francisco)
$408,781—Hidden Hills, CA(Los Angeles)
$405,547—Kentfield, CA(San Francisco)
$399,056—Shell Ridge, CA(San Francisco)
$396,612—Los Altos, CA(San Jose)
$391,479—Piedmont, CA(San Francisco)
$390,178—Eldridge, CA(Santa Rosa)
$389,605—Monument Hills, CA(Sacramento)
$387,088—Lake Sherwood, CA(Oxnard)
$386,824—Highlands, CA(San Francisco)
$386,406—Loyola, CA(San Jose)
$374,939—West Menlo Park, CA(San Francisco)
$367,404—Camino Tassajara, CA(San Francisco)
$365,243—Orinda, CA(San Francisco)
$360,424—Montecito, CA(Santa Barbara)
$358,683—Ladera, CA(San Francisco)
$357,677—Alamo, CA(San Francisco)
$347,244—Rancho Santa Fe, CA(San Diego)
$346,207—Tiburon, CA(San Francisco)
$344,535—North Gate, CA(San Francisco)
$344,295—Pescadero, CA(San Francisco)
$339,251—Malibu, CA(Los Angeles)
$339,110—Sleepy Hollow, CA(San Francisco)
$336,458—Mill Valley, CA(San Francisco)
$329,394—Menlo Park, CA(San Francisco)
$329,347—Saratoga, CA(San Jose)
$327,513—Blackhawk, CA(San Francisco)
$327,145—Palos Verdes Estates, CA(Los Angeles)
$322,698—San Carlos, CA(San Francisco)
$322,229—Bell Canyon, CA(Oxnard)
$319,465—Palo Alto, CA(San Jose)
$319,075—Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA(San Francisco)
$316,298—Los Gatos, CA(San Jose)
$315,082—Lafayette, CA(San Francisco)
$311,936—Stanford, CA(San Jose)
$309,836—Manhattan Beach, CA(Los Angeles)
$307,126—Toro Canyon, CA(Santa Barbara)
$306,558—San Miguel, CA(San Francisco)
$304,192—Del Mar, CA(San Diego)
$304,090—Fairbanks Ranch, CA(San Diego)
$302,115—Cambrian Park, CA(San Jose)

source: data.census.gov

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All California?

Those numbers are so low for how expensive homes are. Too bad they don’t have the data for home buyers over the last year.

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Just checked on Atherton just as a fun exercise. Atherton median house sale prices are @$7.3M for Oct 2023. Seems to be @13x the household income. If ppl there generally stick to the 30% gross income limit spent on housing related expenses/month that comes to @ $14000/month and that includes property tax. Income seems awfully low to support the house prices there.