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LA: The westside. Well, at least that's my opinion. You also have the "hills" and the Palos Verdes Penninsula, Malibu, parts of Ventura County...if that counts.
One thing to remember in Los Angeles is that hills and heights are much different from a good/not as good perspective. For purposes of the thread - most things with "Hills" in the name(Beverly, Hollywood, Holmby, Hidden, Cheviot, etc...) are the "good". Places with "Heights" in the name(Lincoln, Montecito, Boyle, ect...) are usually not so "good". Doesn't mean bad(well some are) but we are talking about the "best" here - and this rule of thumb usually applies in L.A.
In many U.S. East Coast cities, the better sides of the city are to the north or west, at a higher elevation, and away from the Waterfront/industrial/warehouse districts. Sometimes called "Uptown." In the 1800s, people who could afford it, spent their summers at slightly higher elevations which were cooler and also considered healthier from communicable diseases. This is basically true of NY City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and Richmond VA. There you will find private schools, golf courses, country clubs, quality universities, etc.
River Oaks on the West side is the most prestigious here in Houston
One thing that's really odd is that the two richest areas of Houston and of New Orleans are situated in the same direction and at the same proportional distance from downtown.
To the southwest of Downtown, we have the Garden District (old money). Equivalent to River Oaks.
West of Downtown and a little further out, just at the other side of a major dividing line, we have Old Metairie (newer money). Equivalent to Memorial.
The Houston areas are both larger, but I still find it odd. We also have our smaller main city park across the street from our most prestigious university, which is also in CUSA (Tulane/ Audubon Park). The park has a golf course and the city's zoo (Rice/Hermann).
In Nashville, the Southwest side of Davidson County (old money and new money) and most of Williamson County (new money) are the wealthiest parts of town.
Starting with the Nashville neighborhoods of West End, Hillsboro West End, Belmont Hillsboro, Richland, Whitland, Green Hills, and West Meade, and including the small independent old money enclaves of Belle Meade (median household income ~$250k, median home value north of $1 million), Forest Hills, and Oak Hill...and in Williamson County, Brentwood, Franklin, and some of the large rural estates around them.
New York's nicest areas are probably all in Manhattan but in the interest of the group, Im going by the richest areas in the city and around.
Upper East Side / Murray Hill / Gramercy Park are all the "toniest" areas of Manhattan.
Brooklyn Heights, Dyker Heights, Forest Hills Gardens, Pelham, and Jamaica Estates are the nicest areas outside of Manhattan. There are parts of the South Shore of Staten Island that are nice but they look alot more "McMansiony".
There's also the Gold Coast of Long Island which was very, very rich during the Guilded Age. Looked alot like Newport, RI.
The side where u can find a hole in the wall bbq joint, and it blows the rest of them away, the section where u can find a liquor depot that has the widest array of malt liquors, the section u dont want to break down in , the section that has natural herbs available streetsided, the section where..wait, what was the question?
Dang, I think I got the question backwords, I was listing worst sections!
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