AN Demographics - where are you from

by ST on Feb 1, 2006 3:24 PM PST

I know the geographical composition of AN is tremendous varying from local Bay Area to national visitors. I wanted do a poll though of the demographics of this site, especially those that are from Oakland/Alameda themselves. I know this is not an accurate cross section of the A's fanbase, but I think it's suffice to say, other than the season ticket holders, AN does represent one of the more vocal and exuberant fans that follow the A's. So let's see you vote!

Poll

Where are you from AN?

Sacramento region

20 votes

California (other than the above)

24 votes

Western United States region

23 votes

United States (other than Western region)

56 votes

Outside U.S.

13 votes

North Bay (Peteluma, Santa Rosa, etc.)

15 votes

S.F. Peninsula area (South City, Redwood City, S.F., etc.)

28 votes

South Bay (San Jose, Sunnyvale, etc.)

23 votes

East Bay (Hayward, Fremont, etc., but excluding Oakland / Alameda)

63 votes

Oakland / Alameda proper (not county)

40 votes

305 votes | Poll has closed

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Clearly you've never seen any posts by

FormerHuntsvilleStar, or seen his AN Census. It's pretty cool stuff.

With that being said, I wonder if I take the award for furthest ANer from the Bay Area, living in Estonia for the next 7 months. Can anyone beat that?

"...and in Joe [Blanton]'s case, it's almost like he crammed the whole rookie year in a month, then became a veteran." --Billy Beane

by rungood on Feb 1, 2006 3:41 PM PST 0 recs

One poster

is in Israel. That might beat you.

Copernicus felt the same way about the geocentric crew.

by salb918 on Feb 1, 2006 3:43 PM PST up 0 recs

yup, ohad!

"...and in Joe [Blanton]'s case, it's almost like he crammed the whole rookie year in a month, then became a veteran." --Billy Beane

by rungood on Feb 2, 2006 3:19 AM PST up 0 recs

another is in china

by Brian in 317 on Feb 1, 2006 3:44 PM PST up 0 recs

beat me to it

Joe Blanton is phat

by gojohn10 on Feb 1, 2006 3:46 PM PST up 0 recs

Seven from my count...

See the bottom of this page.

I just realized I don't have ohad on that list...hmmm...better remedy.

Southeast Asia essentially puts you high in the distance rankings.

"(Insert favorite AN quote here.)" -- Some ANer
AN Census

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 1, 2006 3:47 PM PST up 0 recs

you can add barcelona, spain (eom)

by mendelbob on Feb 1, 2006 4:08 PM PST up 0 recs

thanks..

but the data looks either skewed or outdated:

Top 10 California cities:

Oakland - 20
Fremont - 6
San Jose - 6
Berkeley - 6
Pleasanton - 5
San Francisco - 5
Belmont - 4
Novato - 4
Walnut Creek - 4
Concord - 3
Hayward - 3
Los Angeles - 3
Sacramento - 3
San Leandro - 3

I cannot believe there is only 6 south bay people here on AN, when we show 5 already in the poll for duration of a few hours.

Billy Beane: "....it's way cooler to be an a's fan". Larry Kreuger: "....but i like our old decripity eroding worse tomorrow then they are today team"

by ST on Feb 1, 2006 5:47 PM PST up 0 recs

I can't argue against that...

It was done mostly during the regular season last year, and I got over 400 responses -- out of over 4,000 registered AN members, most of which probably have never seen it (or have and don't want to participate). There were two parts:

Where are you now?
Where are you from? (As in where are AN members born and raised.)

The list you quoted was from part 2, which I started by request a week after part 1. About only half responded to that.

Also, participation in mine involved actual posting -- which isn't totally anonymous and not as easy as simply voting in a poll question.

I think the only real way to do this semi-accurately is to have location part of the member profiles of this site, and have some page on this site that can compile the data automatically as it is updated.

So yeah...I can't say my survey is complete by any means. Just a little fun is all. :)

"(Insert favorite AN quote here.)" -- Some ANer
AN Census

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 1, 2006 6:28 PM PST up 0 recs

but ...

i still really applaud your effort, and am sorry i didn't recognize it earlier.

the tabulated graphical layout of respondents in the bay area was particularly good!

Billy Beane: "....it's way cooler to be an a's fan". Larry Kreuger: "....but i like our old decripity eroding worse tomorrow then they are today team"

by ST on Feb 1, 2006 6:33 PM PST up 0 recs

Thanks...no problem at all...

I obviously had a little (too much?) time on my hands last summer. :)

"(Insert favorite AN quote here.)" -- Some ANer
AN Census

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 1, 2006 6:43 PM PST up 0 recs

Oh, and then there's the...

...The CommonCensus Sports Map Project. Interesting stuff.

"(Insert favorite AN quote here.)" -- Some ANer
AN Census

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 1, 2006 6:50 PM PST up 0 recs

Albany

3 when ohad comes back !!

by greekpride08 on Feb 1, 2006 7:32 PM PST up 0 recs

Too many people from Oakland...

in that poll, frankly. Not to say those in the city limits wouldn't be well represented, but the highest concentration of our fan base probably sits between San Leandro and Fremont.

Which then explains why so many get all hot and bothered even at the thought of moving to Fremont. All you Oakland city residents need to instill such pride in Mayor Brown(and whoever suceeds him)

by Rob on Feb 1, 2006 10:55 PM PST up 0 recs

Fairfield CA

by AthleticRaider on Feb 1, 2006 8:56 PM PST up 0 recs

Already been done

Don't mean to burst your bubble, but FormerHuntsvilleStar has already done this and it's pretty darn thorough. Here is the link

Joe Blanton is phat

by gojohn10 on Feb 1, 2006 3:46 PM PST 0 recs

I live in Teaneck Nj,

and may move to Israel in the near future

by harendaman365 on Feb 1, 2006 4:44 PM PST 0 recs

explain?

You are moving to Israel possibly?

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Feb 2, 2006 4:01 AM PST up 0 recs

Brentwood, CA

East Contra Costa County

by gdubb925 on Feb 1, 2006 5:21 PM PST 0 recs

Wow

You're in Brentwood? I live like, on the border of Oakley and Brentwood

"Every time (Curt Schilling) fails, somewhere a sick puppy gets just a little bit better." - Nico

by JLaff on Feb 2, 2006 8:37 AM PST up 0 recs

Wow...

According to F.H.S.' census there are a whole 3 AN'ers from Fresno. How about Clovis? Am I the only one????

"I have nothing against the bunt - in it's place. But most of the time that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet." - Earl Weaver

by PosterNutbag44 on Feb 1, 2006 6:39 PM PST 0 recs

Will Selma do?

Not exactly Clovis, but really....what is?

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Feb 2, 2006 9:39 AM PST up 0 recs

Basically...

If it isn't Fresno City, Fresno County, Fresno County Island (i.e. Mayfair District), Selma, Sanger, Parlier, Easton, Sunnyside, Herndon, Pinedale, Friant, or any of the above, AND you are East enough and North enough, BUT not too far North or East, then you might just be in Clovis. Maybe. Go Central San Joaquin Valley A's Fans!!!!!!!

Side note: I remember growing up, I had a girlfriend who lived in Selma that I'd go visit occasionally. I thought she was joking the first time she told me everyone hung out at McDonald's....

"I have nothing against the bunt - in it's place. But most of the time that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet." - Earl Weaver

by PosterNutbag44 on Feb 2, 2006 1:15 PM PST up 0 recs

Guess...

A shiny nickel* to the first person who can guess where I hail from...

*Nickel is not guaranteed to be shiny, or a nickel. Or delivered.

--The Pastime--

by Ryan Armbrust on Feb 1, 2006 7:07 PM PST 0 recs

Kansas?

"We don't start nothin', but we don't take nothin' either" - Dusty Baker

by Philip Christy on Feb 1, 2006 8:19 PM PST up 0 recs

Dummy

He's not from Kansas. Look at his screen name. Nebraska is the capital of Iowa, everybody knows that.

by OaktownTribesman on Feb 1, 2006 8:40 PM PST up 0 recs

lol

--The Pastime--

by Ryan Armbrust on Feb 1, 2006 9:21 PM PST up 0 recs

i'm from marin

but have lived in los angeles since 2002

vote mcbronsh for most disliked AN'er.

by mcbronsh on Feb 1, 2006 7:27 PM PST 0 recs

last year i was in GREECE

six months

by greekpride08 on Feb 1, 2006 7:32 PM PST 0 recs

Haha...I love it

That link has me as from Brazil and born in Palo Alto?? No on both. Where did that come from? Ive never even been to Brazil. Has my city right though.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Feb 1, 2006 10:26 PM PST 0 recs

Me

They got you mixed up with me. It's happened before.

by OaktownTribesman on Feb 2, 2006 5:36 AM PST up 0 recs

I'm dissapointed to see...

...my beautiful homeland not added on that list. I wonder if it would be possilbe to add Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic to that list.

I miss it.

"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out" - Vaclav Havel

by Czech Micah on Feb 1, 2006 11:56 PM PST 0 recs

Raised on 14th St. W. Oakland

Now living in Monterey.

Lou Brock was a great base stealer, but today, I am the greatest! - Rickey Henderson

by haren4prez on Feb 2, 2006 1:24 AM PST 0 recs

Me too

About Monterey... not Oakland :)

by streetfan on Feb 2, 2006 10:41 AM PST up 0 recs

Right on

I thought i was the only fan down here. Lots of Gnats fans down here. i wonder if Pete's territorial rights spread all the way down here?

Lou Brock was a great base stealer, but today, I am the greatest! - Rickey Henderson

by haren4prez on Feb 2, 2006 11:06 AM PST up 0 recs

Monterey A's!?

They could build a stadium on the old Fort Ord base ;)

by streetfan on Feb 3, 2006 1:14 PM PST up 0 recs

rungood, not even close

according to google earth tallinn is 5467 miles from oakland (rumbline)

the top AN Census entries are
[quick and dirty research]

birthplace
duby-oyo, nigeria-7776
pav-punjab, india-7557
hollywoodOz-sydney, australia-7418
vignette17-brisbane, australia-7072
bbnewbie-manila, philippines-6975

current residence
NomAd-manama, bahrain-7992
oakinnam-ho chi minh, vietnam-7825
ohad-israel-7393 (calculating distance to Tel Aviv)
scatman-vienna, austria-5981
alex-monza, italy-5945

i just ran out of energy to do the ultimate BPCR rankings (birthplace plus current residence)
so i'm just giving you mine (11.880) as a distance to beat ;-)

- A day without sunshine is like a day in Seattle -

by elcroata on Feb 2, 2006 2:31 AM PST 0 recs

WHOA!

SWEET!! By no means was I trying to claim any title, more just trying to to find out a little more about the community I love being a part of. Actually it's pretty nice knowing that I'm not the furthest away A's fan; makes me feel that much closer to home. And when you're dealing with only 5- 6 hours of daylight and -25 degree weather, you'll take anything you can get. I lived in Australia before this, and that was cake compared to now: friends, sun, surf, language I speak, etc. Estonia = snow, language barrier, no daylight (yet, waiting for summer!), etc.

Can't wait for the season!! elcroata, you're from Stuttgart, right? My close friend Raphi's from there and I might visit in the next few months!

PS- how did they measure the distance to Estonia from Oakland- was it by going over the North Pole? Cuz it definitely wasn't that easier to get here...

"...and in Joe [Blanton]'s case, it's almost like he crammed the whole rookie year in a month, then became a veteran." --Billy Beane

by rungood on Feb 2, 2006 3:03 AM PST up 0 recs

estonian winters

are the reason estonia has one of the highest suicide rates in the world ;-)

but just wait for the summer. i haven't been to estonia yet, but played a tournament in sweden in june. it's INCREDIBLE - it only gets sort of dark blue for a couple of hours after midnight and the rest is pure daylight.

yep, i've been living in stuttgart for almost a decade now. if you can, come during a world cup in soccer (june/july), it should be something. pitty that none of the brasil games will be played here, their fans rock.

if you do come around, let me know, perhaps we can get together for a beer. i promise it won't be a bud light ;-)

- A day without sunshine is like a day in Seattle -

by elcroata on Feb 2, 2006 3:17 AM PST up 0 recs

haha yeah,

bud light and most American (non-small brewery) beer in my opinion really just sucks. Especially after living abroad. In fact, Estonian beer is actually pretty good!! Saku or A Le Coq (get your mind out of the gutter, people!) are quite tasty. Yeah, I'm actually coming down to Berlin on the 19th, but only for 2 days-- my sister hooked me and my friend up with some concert tix. Then it's off to Oslo, Norway on the 22nd!!

You're absolutely right about the summers here. People apparently just go off and party like crazy...so I guess the moral of the story is that if you can make it through the winter, you're golden. Luckily the days are getting longer.

The New York Times actually just did an article on Tallinn and the party scene that I recount on my blog, so if you're interested in reading more about what I'm up to, check it out:
http://estonianwifi.blogspot.com
</shameless self-promotion>

I'll let you know for sure if I get down to Stuttgart...do you get any A's games in bars there?

"...and in Joe [Blanton]'s case, it's almost like he crammed the whole rookie year in a month, then became a veteran." --Billy Beane

by rungood on Feb 2, 2006 3:27 AM PST up 0 recs

Baltics

I'm going to be passing through Riga, Latvia this summer. Too bad I won't have time to see Estonia too.

by OaktownTribesman on Feb 2, 2006 10:55 AM PST up 0 recs

when will you be in Latvia?

There is a small chance I'll be there at some point this summer. If there's any chance you can get to Estonia, let me know. It's not a long busride and you could see Talinn in 1 or 2 days. I'd even show you around if I'm here....

Go A's!

"...and in Joe [Blanton]'s case, it's almost like he crammed the whole rookie year in a month, then became a veteran." --Billy Beane

by rungood on Feb 2, 2006 4:58 PM PST up 0 recs

Well

I'd only be in Riga for one night (on my way to Moscow), though it's not set in stone. Have you been to Russia yet? Do you know how's the train ride from Talinn to Moscow?

by OaktownTribesman on Feb 2, 2006 5:54 PM PST up 0 recs

Cool

I'm also going to be in Germany for the World Cup. I'll let you know if I'll be in Stuttgart for any of the games. And BTW I guess you can say I'm a Brazil fan, though only by default, as my parents are from there. Though I prefer to root for the underdogs (Brazil already has 5 titles, do they really need one more?) :)

by OaktownTribesman on Feb 2, 2006 10:58 AM PST up 0 recs

if you're wearing your AN T-Shirt...

...I'll see you there, Tribesman.

"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out" - Vaclav Havel

by Czech Micah on Feb 2, 2006 11:26 AM PST up 0 recs

if any of you guys make it to stuttgart

let me know

- A day without sunshine is like a day in Seattle -

by elcroata on Feb 2, 2006 11:59 AM PST up 0 recs

best of all is

that bud light is some "golden" sponsor of FIFA (soccer governing body), so gues what? only bud light can be sold in german stadions during world cup, no german beer. the people here are going nuts, lol

"do you get any A's games in bars there?" that's a good one. apart from the fact that most of them would be aired at 4 AM, you mean? ;-) very rarely, they show 1-2 games a week on pay-tv and then mostly east coast stuff. mlb.tv rules...

- A day without sunshine is like a day in Seattle -

by elcroata on Feb 2, 2006 4:22 AM PST 0 recs

A's Fans

So far...

yet, so close ;-) ...

- A day without sunshine is like a day in Seattle -

by elcroata on Feb 2, 2006 5:25 AM PST 0 recs

Sheesh...

I wish they had taken that last photo during the summer...

"(Insert favorite AN quote here.)" -- Some ANer
AN Census

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 2, 2006 8:21 AM PST up 0 recs

Yes,

on the football field i can barely make out a hologramish profile of al davis.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005 with no more hex in 2006.

by ak_A on Feb 2, 2006 11:01 AM PST up 0 recs

Another example of the A's gettin no love.

But hey, lets all suppport the team that gutted the city, rips off fans, thinks it's still an NFL elite team and is a sub .500 finisher every year!

Lou Brock was a great base stealer, but today, I am the greatest! - Rickey Henderson

by haren4prez on Feb 2, 2006 11:10 AM PST 0 recs

Is it...

where I live NOW?
Or where I'm from?
I grew up in Oakland/Alameda...
I live in SF.

YABU: You're always eating cheese. ...Is cheese good for you? . FISCHER: IT'S BETTER THAN SUSHI!!!

by ConditionOakland on Feb 2, 2006 1:46 PM PST 0 recs

Click your heals

I'm from Kansas... but heading to see the A's in Arizona from March 3rd- 13th. Wow! That is the most my state (see above) has ever been mentioned on AN. Wizard of Oz is probably the only other real publicity we get.

"I'd like to be cowboys from Texas or pimps from Oakland but it's not Halloween!" -John Beckwith

by ohtobe21likehuston on Feb 2, 2006 3:42 PM PST 0 recs

uh, i messed up my vote...

I saw 'East Bay' and clicked it before I realized there was an 'Oakland' option. dang. However, I am NOT responsible for W being elected. I took that vote more seriously and marked my ballot properly.

by blueconversechucks on Feb 3, 2006 3:54 PM PST 0 recs