2022 Real Estate Observations (Arlington, Watertown, Lexington: stores, move to, foods)

[matrix5k]

Originally Posted by MtPleasantDream

There’s nothing “wrong”, but it just happens. In California it took place in some schools already (e.g. Cupertino High).
The reasons can be complex.

People in Cupertino who described their race as Asian rose to about 63% in 2010 from about 44% in 2000, while the percentage of whites fell to about 29% from nearly 48%.
Now it is 70% Asian and 25% white.

Doesn't that just mean more Asians are moving in? Whites aren't necessarily moving out?

[simplexsimon]

Originally Posted by matrix5k

Doesn't that just mean more Asians are moving in? Whites aren't necessarily moving out?

Only if there's enough housing stock to support all the new people moving in. There is not.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by matrix5k

Doesn't that just mean more Asians are moving in? Whites aren't necessarily moving out?

Have you ever been in an office building in Silicon Valley? The demographics of a town like Cupertino map onto the demographics of the white collar professionals. That’s everything between San Francisco and San Jose and not limited to a few suburbs. The blue chip Boston suburbs are a lot more self-segregated.

[Lampert]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Have you ever been in an office building in Silicon Valley? The demographics of a town like Cupertino map onto the demographics of the white collar professionals. That’s everything between San Francisco and San Jose and not limited to a few suburbs. The blue chip Boston suburbs are a lot more self-segregated.

I don't understand what you are saying.

[Lampert]

Originally Posted by matrix5k

Doesn't that just mean more Asians are moving in? Whites aren't necessarily moving out?

You can just look at the population. It's almost unchanged.
And the raw number confirm it Whites 18k -> 13k
Asians 37k -> 42k
Other races are negligible in Cupertino.


What is interesting is that middle-income and rich Asians are the only ethnic group moving to California. Whites, Blacks and Latinos are all moving out, regardless of their income
https://www.ppic.org/blog/racial-eth...er%201%2C000).
Cupertino, as a very wealthy city, seems to play into this trend. So maybe the point isn't really that Whites are leaving Cupertino because Asians are moving in, but that Asians are moving to Cupertino while everyone else is leaving.

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by Lampert

I don't understand what you are saying.

I didn't either. He's the only person I know who says, blue chip suburbs too.

[matrix5k]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Have you ever been in an office building in Silicon Valley? The demographics of a town like Cupertino map onto the demographics of the white collar professionals. That’s everything between San Francisco and San Jose and not limited to a few suburbs. The blue chip Boston suburbs are a lot more self-segregated.

No, I've never been in an office building in Silicone Valley. I don't understand your point?

[matrix5k]

Originally Posted by Lampert

You can just look at the population. It's almost unchanged.
And the raw number confirm it Whites 18k -> 13k
Asians 37k -> 42k
Other races are negligible in Cupertino.


What is interesting is that middle-income and rich Asians are the only ethnic group moving to California. Whites, Blacks and Latinos are all moving out, regardless of their income
https://www.ppic.org/blog/racial-eth...er%201%2C000).
Cupertino, as a very wealthy city, seems to play into this trend. So maybe the point isn't really that Whites are leaving Cupertino because Asians are moving in, but that Asians are moving to Cupertino while everyone else is leaving.

Do those population numbers show age groups? Maybe most of those Asian families moved in 18 years ago and their kids are high school age now, while older whites may have retired and moved out? I just find it odd that whites would move out of town due to larger Asian population in the school.

[id77]

Originally Posted by matrix5k

Do those population numbers show age groups? Maybe most of those Asian families moved in 18 years ago and their kids are high school age now, while older whites may have retired and moved out? I just find it odd that whites would move out of town due to larger Asian population in the school.

I'd guess most of those Asians moving in are coming for the jobs (tech has a significant Asian demographic), and the whites moving out were either out-competed for those jobs or did their 20 years on the 101 and are packing off to pretty much anywhere they want to work remote while living like kings and pricing out the locals.

[yesmaybe]

White people in general as a population is in decline. And with MA being a net domestic migration state White people are simply just aging out with no replacement. And I guess for now Asians are filling the hole in a town like Lexington.