# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/41 "2011-06-15T01:06:28Z")
In Sydney, Point Piper is for the super rich. Also Double Bay, Rose Bay, all the surrounding suburbs. For generally wealthy, Mosman, Neutral Bay, North Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/42 "2011-06-15T01:13:53Z")
Buckhead in Atlanta ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/43 "2011-06-15T03:48:23Z")
Milwaukee–Whitefish Bay. ---
**Author:** ![TedNougat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TedNougat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TedNougat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/44 "2011-06-15T17:24:46Z")
San Antonio (old money): Olmos Park, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills. Olmos Park is actually mentioned/mocked in a James McMurtry song. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/45 "2011-06-15T19:18:01Z")
> [@Pixel\_Dent](#): > > For Boston the wealthy section within the wealthy section is Louisburg Square. I don’t even know where that is! Maybe the rich people pay a service to keep me from knowing. Brookline has some pretty pricey areas. And Jamaica Plain, not known for being a rich area, has some mighty impressive houses. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/46 "2011-06-15T20:48:01Z")
In Ottawa, [Rockcliffe Park](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockliffe_Park,_Ontario) is **the** major wealthy neighbourhood. The adjacent [New Edinburgh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Edinburgh_(Ottawa)) area is more mixed but the official residences of the Prime Minister and the Governor General lend significant prestige to the neighbourhood. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/47 "2011-06-16T04:27:59Z")
Albuquerque has Rio Rancho. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/48 "2011-06-16T04:29:36Z")
Cherry Hills Village in Denver. It made a top list or something recently. edit: Sorry, Cherry Hills VILLAGE is outside of Denver proper. But there’s the adjacent neighborhood. Also: Park Hill, parts of Cherry Creek, parts of LoHi. All of Denver’s neighborhoods have been affected by some slummier portion or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/49 "2011-06-16T20:40:32Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > San Francisco: Nob Hill Don’t forget [Specific Whites](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Heights,_San_Francisco). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/50 "2011-06-16T20:59:47Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Albuquerque has Rio Rancho. And doesn’t Santa Fe have Canyon Road? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/51 "2011-06-17T04:17:29Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > And doesn’t Santa Fe have Canyon Road? Can’t recall Santa Fe that well. There is one stretch of road just outside the city where there are some nice houses far apart. When I was going door to door for New Mexico PIRG one summer, I did that stretch, and it was quite a hike. I remember one home I walked up to, no one answered the door, but clearly visible through the glass by the door were all these government commendations and photos with “important people.” Was that Canyon Road? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/52 "2011-06-17T21:34:57Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I don’t even know where that is! Maybe the rich people pay a service to keep me from knowing. > > Brookline has some pretty pricey areas. And Jamaica Plain, not known for being a rich area, has some mighty impressive houses. louisburg square is mentioned in the “make way for ducklings” book. it is a handfull of houses around a garden/square. those handfull of houses… they have their own zip code! just for them alone, that is how rich they are. philly also has society hill. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/53 "2011-06-17T21:42:24Z")
> [@TedNougat](#): > > San Antonio (old money): Olmos Park, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills. Olmos Park is actually mentioned/mocked in a James McMurtry song. San Antonio (new money): Stone Oak, The Dominion (where a lot of Spurs live) ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Kerrman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@Joe\_Kerrman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Kerrman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/54 "2011-06-18T23:47:08Z")
Originally posted by \*\*Twickster: \*\* > [@](#): > > Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill, Rittenhouse Square. I’d also add Society Hill and Mount Airy (that’s where former Sen. Arlen Specter and former Gov. Ed Rendell live). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/55 "2011-06-19T01:17:37Z")
> [@Joe\_Kerrman](#): > > Originally posted by \*\*Twickster: \*\* > > I’d also add Society Hill and Mount Airy (that’s where former Sen. Arlen Specter and former Gov. Ed Rendell live). Nope, actually Specter and Rendell both live in East Falls, which is my neighborhood. It’s not all that ritzy east of Midvale Avenue – lots and lots of working class row homes. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021/56 "2011-06-19T03:12:38Z")
In the metro Indianapolis area: Carmel/Fishers/Geist. A contiguous line of suburbs to the north of Indianapolis proper. Carmel (CAR-mull, not car-MELL) is large enough that it has its own rich and poor sections, but the assumption is that someone living in Carmel is well off unless stated otherwise. Fishers and Geist are directly to the east of Carmel. Geist Reservoir allows the well-to-do to pretend they have a lake-front estate. [North Meridian Street.](http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/indianapolis/northmeridianstreet.htm) Insanely gorgeous and expensive homes; Fishers/Geist and to a lesser extent Carmel tend to be for the nouveau riche of the area, though Carmel has some old money. North Meridian is for Indy’s _old_ old money. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealthy-sections-of-cities/585021.md?page=2)