Greater Cincinnati neighborhood ranks among America's richest

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by flashes1

I've heard of Pepper Pike, Indian Hill and New Albany----but until today, I've never heard of Hunting Valley. And 700 residents? There's probably more people living in my neighborhood.

Believe it or not, most persons outside of Greater Cincinnati have never heard of The Village of Indian Hill.

Hunting Valley is somewhat of a mystery community even in Greater Cleveland. It's largely in Cuyahoga County, the second most populous and by far the most densely populated county in Ohio. Hunting Valley is less than 20 miles from downtown and 12.8 miles from University Circle and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Yet if you look at the eastern side of Cuyahoga County in the Cleveland AAA map, you see all of the street grids, even in neighboring Pepper Pike, but virtually no streets in Hunting Valley.

Hunting Valley seemingly is where the families of the great industrial magnates of Cleveland in its glory days finally halted their eastward migration.

http://case.edu/ech/articles/h/hunting-valley/

They were not only immensely wealthy, but also extremely powerful politically. When the Cleveland Metroparks system was attempting to encircle Cleveland with great nature preserves and connecting parkways (collectively, the "Emerald Necklace"), Hunting Valley blocked any effort to establish a parkway to connect the system's North and South Chagrin Reservations. Even the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field is located in the adjacent Moreland Hills, even though likely utilized by Hunting Valley residents disproportionately.

Hunting Valley was, and likely remains, a very different world.

https://mhhsohio.org/polo-field-of-t...nd-metroparks/

<<From the polo grounds to the start of North Chagrin Reservation lies Hunting Valley, an old-rich suburb of landed gentry. Along this stretch, where mailboxes display the names of estates rather than people, there is no trail and travelers passing one homestead are told to use the other side of the road.>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...=.78aa3555f3a9

Zoning and other restrictions seemingly prevent the development of Hunting Valley.

http://www.cleveland.com/architectur...t_to_divi.html

Originally Posted by PerryMason614

Net worth is a far better way to judge financial means. It's not what you make, it's what you save.

I doubt that the denizens of Hunting Valley are too candid about their incomes in census surveys, and their net worths likely are more astounding than their incomes, especially considering their residential real estate holdings.

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by unusualfire

It's not that big of a deal. It was not posted in the ohio section or the Cleveland section. He used his source. Feel free to use your source in the Ohio section.

So sources aren't supposed to be challenged, even when arguably misleading?

The inclusion of New Albany and Pepper Pike extended this discussion to Ohio's wealthiest communities. I wouldn't have commented except for these inclusions in the discussion. No knowledgeable persons in Greater Cleveland would consider Pepper Pike the MSA's wealthiest community! So it is somewhat of a big deal when discussing the wealthiest communities in Ohio.

See post 10 and subsequent posts in this thread.

//www.city-data.com/forum/cleve...minutes-2.html

[motorman]

Originally Posted by unusualfire

It's not that big of a deal. It was not posted in the ohio section or the Cleveland section. He used his source. Feel free to use your source in the Ohio section.

I appreciate that you brought this to everyone's attention, but it's not a deterrent to the Cleveland Troll-Meister. As evidenced here and elsewhere on Cincinnati threads, merely being a "bearer of good news" in the Queen City elicits this character's hostile presence, all of which somehow lead back to Cleveland.

[motorman]

Originally Posted by WRnative

Believe it or not, most persons outside of Greater Cincinnati have never heard of The Village of Indian Hill.

Hunting Valley is somewhat of a mystery community even in Greater Cleveland...

Although your assessment of Hunting Valley may be accurate, your perception that most people are unaware of Indian Hill couldn't be more mistaken.

For many decades this most affluent of Cincinnati communities has been the mandatory stopover of virtually every presidential hopeful and president of the United States. Everyone knows why: money, money, money - for example, in the case of Cincinnati's own Godfather of Finance, Carl Lindner Jr.,* who it was said had his own private back door entrance into the White House.

Not only this, but also because of its denizen of famous and influential residents, including the likes of Neil Armstrong, Marge Schott, Peter Frampton and the royalty of powerful leaders of Kroger, Procter & Gamble and Macy's and other major corporations. People in these positions frequently entertain notable others from around the country and the world creating far reaching impressions shared by word of mouth.

* https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2011/10/18/carl-lindner-jr-1919-2011.html

[motorman]

For any Cincinnatians interested in Indian Hill's ranking with other wealthy communities, but not necessarily wanting to do the linked research, here's a summary that reveals the closeness of median income of Indian Hill with the top 11:

1. SAN MATEO/Atherton, Calif. $443,400
2. CHERRY HILL VILLAGE, Colo. $390,220
3. SCARSDALE, N.Y. $387,550
4. SANTA CLARA, Calif. $373,840
5. ESSEX, N.J. $354,470
6. SAN MATEO/Hillsborough, Calif. $350,910
7. FAIRFIELD/Old Greenwich, Conn. $334,910
8. WESTCHESTER, N.J. $334,840
9. HIGHLAND PARK, Texas. $330,700
10. FAIRFIELD/Darien, Conn. $327,900
11. HARRIS, Texas. $317,660
12. THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN HILL, Ohio. $314,077

The local media found this recognition so remarkable that several sources, in addition to the one mentioned in Post #4, have covered it:

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news...bloomberg-says

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinna...places-in.html

[motorman]

^ To begin with, I would like to correct my post #15, wherein #8 should read Bronxville, NY, the wealthy community approximately 15 miles north of midtown Manhattan.

At this time, I would also like to share an article and short video further establishing that residents of Indian Hill (in this case, the Lindner family) associate most closely with highly influential people outside of Cincinnati, including presidents of the United States.

The article: https://www.wcpo.com/news/government...-york-magazine


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqSxaKoQ_Co

[flashes1]

Originally Posted by WRnative

Believe it or not, most persons outside of Greater Cincinnati have never heard of The Village of Indian Hill.

Indian Hill has been featured in major Hollywood movies. Hunting Valley?

[motorman]

"The Village" has moved up from its ranking from last year...

"Bloomberg ranks Indian Hill 11th richest place in US"

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news...st-place-in-us