Quote:
Originally Posted by ocman
South Bay and Orange County are exactly the same. Sunnyvale is basically an Indian-American dominated version of Irvine.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crawford
OC is a lot whiter, beachier and more conservative, and the ethnic mix is somewhat different. And obviously the respective economic bases are totally different.
|
Depends where in the OC. There's a big difference between North/Central OC and South/Coastal OC. North OC is much more ethnically diverse. Likewise, the Santa Clara County has large white and more conservative populations too. I don't know the exact numbers and how it compares to the OC, but they're there in places like Los Gatos, Saratoga, Los Altos, and Palo Alto. Santa Clara County was mostly Republican until 1988, and the OC has just recently become Democratic in 2018.
The South Bay and OC are also similar in that they have large immigrant Vietnamese populations. And while the OC is more dense, they're both still very sprawly and suburban environments, with lots of freeways. Income is probably where the greatest disparity is seen, as the median household income in Santa Clara County is $111,069 vs $81,851 in the OC. Interestingly, you wouldn't be able to tell though as the OC appears just as, if not more affluent visually.
Vietnamese population as of 2016:
San Jose - 106,992
Milpitas - 11,165
Total - 118,157
Santa Clara County Total - 125,695 (7.1%)
Garden Grove - 52,894
Westminster - 36,689
Santa Ana - 24,702
Anaheim - 17,896
Fountain Valley - 11,561
Total - 143,742
Orange County Total - 183,766 (6.1%)