Aspen, Sedona, Santa Fe, Napa, Nantucket, Palm Beach.....and other places only rich people live in (middle-class, oceanfront)

[ABQConvict]

Santa Fe has an absurd number of wealthy people, but also some really depressed parts. What it lacks is a significant middle class. They can't afford to live in the gentrified parts of town, but they don't want to live in the ghetto either.

[EuropeanDesert]

Some more suggestions Jackson Hole WY, Sun Valley/Ketchum ID, Beaver Creek CO

[nightlysparrow]

Woodside, CA ---where Shirley Temple lived.

[bartonizer]

For any of these locales, there are some service industry folks that definitely aren't rich. Anyway I'd say that most all Colorado mountain towns fit the bill- the most notable being Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Crested Butte, and Telluride. They're awesome little places with very little affordable housing inventory. Anyway, it's all relative- most all of the places on the list look exclusive- but after living in the Roaring Fork Valley of CO, some of the places like Santa Fe and even Palm Beach actually look somewhat affordable to me, which I never would have imagined. Yes, there are plenty of very wealthy people in those cities, but there is a much bigger population (possible job opportunities) and a higher amount of housing available.

[OuttaTheLouBurbs]

Ladue, MO has a reputation for being one big community for the rich. Same with many of the municipalities around it, including Town and Country, Frontenac, Huntleigh, etc.

[BMI]

Malibu and Santa Barbara, CA (movie stars and rock stars )

Telluride, CO (Tom Cruise and Oprah have homes there, so you know it ain't cheap)

Greenwich, CT (Letterman and Regis Philbin have places there, lot's of NYC money).

Hamptons, NY (Kelly Ripa and Jerry Seinfeld are neighbors, need I say more)

[MassNative2891]

Back Bay/Beacon Hill (Boston), Woods Hole (Cape), Chestnut Hill (Boston/Brookline/Newton), and the towns of Weston, Brookline and Wellesley are all very affulent.

All in Massachusetts.

[Iconographer]

Sea Island, GA. You simply have to be rich to live there. It requires a pass to get beyond the guards. To do so, you must:

a) be a member of one of the clubs.
b) be staying at the Cloister.
c) live there.
d) have permission of a resident.

That's it. No looky-loos allowed.

Luxury 5 Star Resort | Sea Island | Five Star Hotel in Georgia

[ckhthankgod]

Highland Park, TX comes to mind.

[bus man]

Gulfstream, FL, with the exception of the little enclave located to the west of the Intracoastal Waterway (which is "merely" upper-middle class).