OK,"richest on earth" may be a bit optimistic but according to Census Bureau figures the town has a per capita income of almost $75K.Even if that's by *working* residents rather than *all* residents that indicates a town not worrying about where its next meal is coming from.
Perhaps your friend is an heiress.
No, she’s not. I don’t know how she lives because we’re separated - one of the east coast, she on the west coast.
I worked there for several years. Magnificent little town in the hills overlooking the Santa Clara Valley. Filled to the brim with left wing lunatics; utterly lost.