Beverly Hills vs. Beverly Hills
Published December 19th, 2006 in Beverly Hills MI Real Estate, Blogging, Humor.
The Real Estate Yankee Blog Swap has arrived and our gift is in! Anthony Longo, the CEO of condoDomain, gave us this delightful post to unwrap and share with the world. He promised me there would be no brussel sprouts and he delivered. Thank you for a perfect gift, Anthony. Here is our post for condoDomain, if you want to see what we gave Anthony. With no further ado, I give you Anthony’s take on Beverly Hills 90210 vs Beverly Hills 48025

Ok here is “on the surface differenceâ€â€¦its only about 2,290 miles so if you were to Google Map it and drive cross-country it will only take you about 1 Day and 10 Hours (and maybe a case of Red Bull), but here are the Stats:
Population:
Bevery Hills, MI 10,086.
Males: 4,983 (47.7%), Females: 5,454 (52.3%)
Beverly Hills, CA 35,078
Males: 15,371 (45.5%), Females: 18,413 (54.5%)
Ok…so Beverly Hills, CA is a tad bigger and has more aspiring actresses. 1 Point for Beverly Hills, CA
Education:
For population 25 years and over in Beverly Hills, MI
High school or higher: 96.0%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 62.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 26.9%
For population 25 years and over in Beverly Hills, CA
High school or higher: 90.8%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 54.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 24.8%
Ok…so Beverly Hills, MI is much smarter. 1 Point for Beverly Hills, MI
Travel Time:
Beverly Hills, MI - Mean travel time to work: 22.4 minutes
Beverly Hills, CA - Mean travel time to work: 23.9 minutes (Ya RIGHT…)
Another Point for Beverly Hills, MI (Score 2 to 1) City Data for Beverly Hills, CA is definitely lying to us!
Unemployment:
Beverly Hills, MI - Unemployed: 1.4%
Beverly Hills, CA - Unemployed: 5.4%
Beverly Hills, MI – way smarter….Another Point for Beverly Hills, MI (Score 3 to 1)
Average Cost of Single Family Residence:
2002: 4 buildings, average cost: $323,800
2003: 4 buildings, average cost: $355,000
2004: 5 buildings, average cost: $320,800
2005: 3 buildings, average cost: $296,200
2002: 27 buildings, average cost: $796,000
2003: 34 buildings, average cost: $880,900
2004: 34 buildings, average cost: $756,500
2005: 38 buildings, average cost: $1,297,700
Way cheaper to live in Beverly Hills, MI (Score 4 to 1)
Weather:
Avg Temp - http://pics.city-data.com/w1/lha9968.png
Avg Temp - http://pics.city-data.com/w1/lha1686.png
Beverly Hills Scores at the buzzer! Thank god…I was starting to think Beverly Hills, CA was the worst place…thank god we have movies!
Final Score: Beverly Hills, MI 4 and Beverly Hills, CA 2 – WINNER BEVERLY HILLS, MI
SOUND BITE…
Did you know that Beverly Hills, CA was named after a small town called Beverly Farms in Massachusetts!!! (Source: http://www.beverlyhills.com)
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Thanks again, Anthony! You are welcome back any time.
Cruise around the blogosphere and see what the other blog swappers found under their tree:
- RSS Pieces’ Mary McKnight vs. Future of Real Estate Marketing’s Joel Burslem
- St Paul Real Estate Blog’s Teresa Boardman vs. Phoenix Real Estate Guy’s Jay Thompson
- 3 Ocean Real Estate’s Kevin Boer vs. SLC Real Estate’s Nigel Swaby
- Issaquah Undressed’s Larry Cragun vs. Maury Properties’ Andrew Maury
- Geno Petroche’s Geno Petroche vs. NY Houses 4 Sales’ Christine Forgione
- Jonathan Dalton’s Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Blog Jonathan Dalton vs. Bonnie Erickson’s Real Estate Snippets Bonnie Erickson
- The boys of Sellsius vs. Real Estate Tomato’s Jim Cronin
- ML Podcast’s Michael Price vs. Famous Agent’s Elise Wright
- My Tech Opinion’s Reggie Nicolay vs. Ubertor’s Steve Jagger
- Redfin’s Glenn Kelman vs Rain City’s Ardell DellaLoggia
- CondoDomain’s Anthony Longo vs. miOaklandCounty’s Maureen Francis
- The San Diego Home Blog’s Kris Berg vs. Urban Dig’s Noah Rosenblatt
- The Property Monger’s Jon Ernest vs. XBroker’s Jeff Corbett
Christian Real Estate Network’s Justin Smith vs. Wanna Network’s Tony Senna
Sacramento Voice’s Gena Riede vs. Atlanta 575 Real Estate’s Brad Nix
And a huge thanks to Mary and RSSPieces for making this first blog swap such a great event!
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Written by Maureen Francis
SKBK Sotheby's International Realty, 248.430.4450
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Great post Anthony!
Interesting comparison between the two Beverly Hills. I suspect once you get past these statistical differences, the two really aren’t as different as they appear. People are people no matter if they are from Beverly Hills, CA or Beverly Hills, MI. (wow. That was deep.)
The one that thrills me the most is:
Unemployment:
Beverly Hills, MI - Unemployed: 1.4%
Beverly Hills, CA - Unemployed: 5.4%
Of course most of MI is not that low… but maybe with this encouragement.. smarter, less unemployment, the rest of the state can overcome the doldrums. Fun to read. Thanks
I have a blogging etiquette dilemma here. Do I respond to the comments or does Tony? Mo in Oh, I think the unemployment stats might be from the last census or something. I presume they are old, but Beverly Hills MI should be lower than much of the state just for the reasons you have pointed out.
I also understand there is a ‘Marilyn Monroe’ in Bev Hills, MI but she’s 97 and has yet to kill herself.
Love it. Very clever, Geno.
Why no Brussel Sprouts??? Do the Ca like Brussel sprouts??
Wow…I dont think I have ever seen so much interest in a post that I have written (since Im a math guy and failed english all my life). Anyway, Maureen…I want my Yankee Swap Gift Back …haha j/k. I have to run out now…but Ill get back to some of these comments soon! Thx, Ya’ll (do you say that out your way?)
Who knew there were so many differences between Beverly Hills Michigan and California. LOL
Clever post. Well done and entertaining.