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This smells to me like confirmation bias. The actual demographic data shows SF skews older than Manhattan: Population by age range, SF vs Manhattan: 20
by raldi 10y ago
This smells to me like confirmation bias. The actual demographic data shows SF skews older than Manhattan:
Population by age range, SF vs Manhattan:
20-24: 3.8% / 7.4%
25-34: 21.5% / 22.7%
35-44: 16.3% / 14.6%
45-54: 14.0% / 12.8%
55-64: 12.4% / 11.4%
65+: 15.2% / 14.4%
- drewblaisdell 10y agoIncome in SF probably skews younger, though.
- raldi 10y agoDoesn't that say more about OP's taste in restaurants than SF's demographics?
- boulos 10y agoWhat's the source for your data? While searching, I found this [0] which seems to have some detail by zipcode. (I had thought "Maybe he means in restaurants in the Mission?", suggestion: nope). [0] http://www.sfhip.org/index.php?module=DemographicData&type=user&func=ddview&varset=1&ve=tab&pct=2&levels=-1&varid=1564&vl=tb&sregcomp=1 http://www.sfhip.org/index.php?module=DemographicData&type=u...
- raldi 10y agoThat's the correct link; skip to the second table, after the zip codes.
- skewart 10y agoEven if SF's population "skews older" than Manhattan's, it doesn't refute the original commenter's anecdote. Older people in SF may dine out less than older people in Manhattan do - perhaps for financial or logistical or cultural reasons.
- HelloNurse 10y agoOr they dine out somewhere else and appear in someone else's anecdotes. Many restaurants attract or repel specific age ranges, often as a deliberate marketing policy: if a restaurant is full of young people it is, usually, a restaurant for young people, for example because it plays trendy dance music fairly loud or because it's close to a university campus.
- adpoe 10y agoJust a theory: Manhattan has fewer young people with the means to dine out frequently. It's full of young people who want to be artists, fashion designers, etc... Most people who can afford fancy restaurant meals in Manhattan are older, more established in whatever their chosen career. SF has a larger percentage of young people who are already wealthy (or middle class) from tech the sector. And thus more young people there dine out, more frequently.