DC area: Richest and Most Educated

Originally posted by you be betty:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I think the criteria that earned Bethesda the "smartest" community in the U.S. was the percentage of graduate degrees in general, not just legal and medical licenses. The high percentage of doctors and lawyers helped earn Bethesda the title of Jewishest community in the U.S.

I think I'm one of about five families at my shul with neither parent a doctor or lawyer!!

So what wholesale business are they in?

I think you need to be pretty smart to be a doctor, but you could teach a monkey to be a lawyer…no offense intended to any lawyers. (smackie)…and if you can't make it as a lawyer you can just go into politics. As one attorney said to me one time..our country is run by bad lawyers, because if they were any good they would've stayed in private practice and made some real coin. I thought that was a good point.

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:

Originally posted by you be betty:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I think the criteria that earned Bethesda the "smartest" community in the U.S. was the percentage of graduate degrees in general, not just legal and medical licenses. The high percentage of doctors and lawyers helped earn Bethesda the title of Jewishest community in the U.S.

I think I'm one of about five families at my shul with neither parent a doctor or lawyer!!

So what wholesale business are they in?

I think you need to be pretty smart to be a doctor, but you could teach a monkey to be a lawyer…no offense intended to any lawyers. (smackie)…and if you can't make it as a lawyer you can just go into politics. As one attorney said to me one time..our country is run by bad lawyers, because if they were any good they would've stayed in private practice and made some real coin. I thought that was a good point.

they are journalists. i live in the "poor" part of bethesda :)

There are way more Jews in Potomac than in Bethesda.

Originally posted by butters:
There are way more Jews in Potomac than in Bethesda.

There are way more jews in Potomac than in Tel Aviv..

So, Maryland is the new Jewish homeland? And I had always thought that it was New Jersey..?

Jews, in general, are envied in the US in much the same way that people around the world envy Americans. Because they are usually rather more successful than them. Nothing inspires jealously more than success. But is success a bad thing?

You know what I say to those people around the world that envy American's for their success? I say if you can't beat them join them. To prove it I have lopped the skinfold around my glans penis. I eat bagels almost every day, Einstein Bros. too! And I eat tons o'Hebrew National Polish Sausage. I thought that Rodney Dangerfield, when alive, was the messiah…not that Schneerson dude. I should be made an honorary Jew, or something…as long as it doesn't require wearing that silly looking half-an-Amish-brassiere thingie on ones head, I'm game.

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BTW, I sure hope the above doesn't offend the four Jewish people who poast to this forum. I don't mean to make any sweeping generalizations(never believe it). I'm sure there are lotsa Jews in America who are "less than successful". In point of fact, I know a couple of these success-lottery losers. How's that?

No, Maryland is the home of the bad drivers.

Originally posted by The Jesus Nut:
So, Maryland is the new Jewish homeland? And I had always thought that it was New Jersey..?

Jews, in general, are envied in the US in much the same way that people around the world envy Americans. Because they are usually rather more successful than them. Nothing inspires jealously more than success. But is success a bad thing?

You know what I say to those people around the world that envy American's for their success? I say if you can't beat them join them.

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BTW, I sure hope the above doesn't offend the four Jewish people who poast to this forum.

Originally posted by Joe M.:
No, Maryland is the home of the bad drivers.

That's PA, not MD.

while Los Angeles houses both the Jews and the terrible drivers.

Originally posted by you be betty:
while Los Angeles houses both the Jews and the terrible drivers.

Actually LA drivers are very competent drivers. Yes, they drive like maniacs, but they have control over their vehicles. In MD, I see accidents every day…and lots of drivers are maniacs who don't have control over their vehicles :)

I think Miami currently holds the title of nation's worst drivers. South Florida is also home to 10% of the American Jewish population. Coincidence…..?

I found this:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/05/26/gmac_test_rankings/index.html

all bad drivers are either Jewish, Asian, or on their cell phones. or all three. it's a known fact. the next time someone cuts you off, you'll see, too…

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I think Miami currently holds the title of nation's worst drivers. South Florida is also home to 10% of the American Jewish population. Coincidence…..?

i think the controlling factor there is age … i have some fantastic old-people-driving stories from growing up in florida

Who fucking cares.

There are way more Jews in Potomac than in Bethesda.

Ummm…Have you ever heard of Pikesville? Pikesville MD has the highest concentration of Jews per capita in all of the U.S. It surpasses Brooklyn, NY even. Potomac and Bethesda pale in comparison.