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The greater DC and Bay Area have the top 8 counties by median household income, and 13 of the top 20 counties. [0] Sure, it's just a bunch of doctors (NIH), lo
by beckingz 4y ago
The greater DC and Bay Area have the top 8 counties by median household income, and 13 of the top 20 counties. [0]
Sure, it's just a bunch of doctors (NIH), lobbyists, defense contractors and government lawyers that skew that towards only being upper middle class and probably not as many ultra high net worth people, but it's extremely affluent.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_countie...
- alephnerd 4y agoThat's a fair point. DMV definetly skews top 10%, but I feel the affordability skew doesn't feel as crazy compared to the Bay Area. At least there's plenty of building occurring in DC and NoVA that helps keep prices manageable at the moment.
- beckingz 4y agoThe rent is too damn high. Not quite NYC/SF levels, but it's close in most of the DMV.