LIST OF GAYEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN AMERICA

I'm not shocked at all that New York City did not make this list, especially since rich folk can no longer afford the high taxes in the suburbs so they're moving in to Manhattan and they've all but kicked most of the gays out of the West Village and Chelsea. The queens have since taken over Hell's Kitchen but how long before the straights want to take over that area?

Here's how Jed Kolko, Chief Economist at Real Estate website Trulia analyzed the list:
Here’s what we did. For each ZIP code in the U.S., we calculated the share of households that are same-sex male couples and same-sex female couples, based on the 2010 Census. Then, we combined the Census data on where gay people live with median price per foot of listed homes in each ZIP code on Trulia over the past year.


(The fine print: The Census doesn’t ask sexual orientation, of course, so the only way to measure gay neighborhoods is based on where couples live. The Census data requires some corrections and adjustments, described here. Finally, ZIP codes don’t line up perfectly with neighborhoods, but we did our best to use the closest neighborhood names that correspond to the ZIP codes in our analysis.)

I just wish this list gave an accurate count of exactly how many gay people live in the listed areas. For a breakdown of the list, click here