Great line and very fitting.
"I figure him to be as conservative as any other Ph.D. from New York City living in San Francisco. "
Then you don't know anything about Milton Friedman, who was born in NYC and got his Ph.D. there (Columbia University), and who now lives in SFO.
[FYI, Uncle Miltie is definitely more conservative than Michael "Savage" Weiner could ever be EVEN IF Michael were 100% sincere.]
Michael and his family live in Marin. So does Melanie Morgan and her family.