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There's an interesting new report out called "A Portrait of California 2011" which identifies five geographic and demographic groups....
Silicon Valley Shangri-La comprises the top 1% of the population in terms of well-being levels. These extremely well-educated high-tech entrepreneurs and professionals are fueling, and accruing the benefits of, innovation.
Metro-Coastal Enclave California makes up 18% of the state's population. They are located in upscale urban and suburban neighborhoods, chiefly along the coast. Residents of these areas are largely affluent, credentialed, and resilient knowledge workers enjoying comparative financial comfort and security;
Main Street California is a majority-minority group of Californians who experience longer lives, higher levels of educational attainment, and higher earnings than the typical American. Yet these suburban and ex-urban Californians, representing 38% of the population, have an increasingly tenuous grip on middle-class life;
Struggling California makes up 38% of the population across the state, from the suburbs, exurbs, and rural areas of the Central Valley to parts of major metro areas and the Inland Empire to swaths of Northern California. Struggling Californians work hard but find it nearly impossible to gain a foothold on security;
The Forsaken Five Percent - residents bypassed by the digital economy and left behind in impoverished LA neighborhoods as well as in rural and urban areas in the San Joaquin Valley.
Read more here: Web Link
So we might all like to be a part of the metro-coastal enclave here in Pleasanton, but is that really what we are all experiencing? How much of Pleasanton is Main Street, Struggling, or even Forsaken?
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