# Wealthy Sections Of Cities **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021 "2011-06-10T19:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dpimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Dpimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dpimi)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/1 "2011-06-10T19:56:35Z")
I was wondering what some weathy areas of US cities are called For instance the “Upper East Side Of New York City” is for the rich Streeterville / Gold Coast in Chicago. Brentwood - Los Angeles I’m not looking for cities primarily known for their weath in entirety, such as Beverly Hills or Grosse Pointe, MI or Winnetka, IL but sections of major cities that have poor slums in them too I was most interested in US cities, but if others have cities in other nations, please feel free to chip in the name of the city and the most “wealthy” or exclusive part of it. THanks ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/2 "2011-06-10T20:09:01Z")
Toronto is basically a city made up of small [neighborhoods](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_neighbourhoods_in_Toronto), each with a very distinct style. There are almost 100 distinct areas. On the wealthier side - Lawrence Park, Rosedale and Forest Hill. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/3 "2011-06-10T20:13:07Z")
Washington, DC: Georgetown, the Palisades. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/4 "2011-06-10T20:24:06Z")
Dubai: Jumeirah or Umm Sequim Prague: Vinohrady or Mala Strana ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/5 "2011-06-10T20:27:35Z")
Baltimore: Baltimore County. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/6 "2011-06-10T20:32:53Z")
San Francisco: Nob Hill ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/7 "2011-06-10T20:40:02Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Washington, DC: Georgetown, the Palisades. Georgetown was originally actually a separate British colonial city (Georgetown, Maryland) that was engulfed by DC after the USA was founded, and in a sense it has its own culture. Metrorail infamously does not have any stations there - you have to take the train and transfer to a bus, or walk there (e.g. get off at Rosslyn and walk across the Key Bridge over the Potomac River) Northwest DC in general is fairly middle of the road - plenty of middle class neighborhoods, and many areas of Southeast and Northeast is t3h g377o, especially east of the Anacostia River. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/8 "2011-06-10T20:45:33Z")
Here in Tucson the Foothills is the wealthiest area (it is actually the hilliest part of town, the rolling foothills leading up to the Catalina Mountains) ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/9 "2011-06-10T20:47:24Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Washington, DC: Georgetown, the Palisades. I was going to say Ward 3. ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/10 "2011-06-10T20:50:58Z")
Beacon Hill and Back Bay in Boston. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/11 "2011-06-10T20:55:21Z")
La Jolla in San Diego. Many people erroneously think they are a separate city. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/12 "2011-06-10T21:09:22Z")
[Shadyside](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadyside_%28Pittsburgh%29) in Pittsburgh ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/13 "2011-06-10T21:20:24Z")
Cherry Hills in Denver. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/14 "2011-06-10T22:18:04Z")
Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill, Rittenhouse Square. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/15 "2011-06-10T22:27:31Z")
> [@Dpimi](#): > > Brentwood - Los Angeles [Holmby Hills](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmby_Hills) is even more upscale than Brentwood. In fact, it’s arguably the wealthiest neighborhood in the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/16 "2011-06-10T23:24:48Z")
McKinley Park and the Fab Forties (39th - 47th Sts) would be the wealthy sections of Sacramento proper. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/17 "2011-06-11T00:14:31Z")
In Houston it used to be “River Oaks”. Not sure it still is or if new money has changed that. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/18 "2011-06-11T00:24:43Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > San Francisco: Nob Hill And Seacliff, Pacific Heights, St. Francis Wood, Diamond Heights, parts of Twin Peaks, Russian Hill and the Sky Boxes downtown. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/19 "2011-06-11T00:24:45Z")
Indian Hill is the richest area of metro Cincinnati. Most homes sit on several acres. In the city, Hyde Park has a lot of nice homes. Many of the kids I went to private school with lived there. In St. Louis, the suburbs of Frontenac, Ladue and Town and Country are probably the wealthiest and most “old money.” In the city itself, the Central West End has some stately manors. Here in Madison, Shorewood Hills and the Near West Side seem to be the tony parts of town, though there are very expensive homes all around the lakes. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/20 "2011-06-11T00:30:17Z")
I think many people would be surprised to know that Detroit has some relatively pleasant and affluent neighborhoods within the city limits, such as Palmer Woods: [http://www.palmerwoods.org/](http://www.palmerwoods.org/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021.md?page=2)