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St. Louis:
The wealthiest areas are suburbs generally west of the city, such as Ladue, Town And Country, Huntleigh, Des Peres, Chesterfield, Clayton, and Frontenac.
It should also be mentioned that some of St. Louis’ grandest 19th-century mansions can be seen in the city proper, in neighborhoods such as Debaliviere, the Central West End, and Compton Heights.
Syracuse: Sedgwick, Strathmore, Scottholm(all old money); along with Bradford Hills on the outer East Side. For suburbs/towns: much of the Fayetteville-Manlius and Jamesville-Dewitt SD's in the eastern suburbs and Skaneateles SW of the city, among maybe a few others.
New-money: Clyde Hill, Yarrow Point, Medina, Hunts Point, Beaux Arts Village (all tiny suburbs on the east side of Lake Washington)
There are A LOT more wealthy areas of Seattle than that. Sometimes feels like everywhere given how high median home prices are across the city and suburbs, and the large number of nice neighborhoods across the city. Wealthy Seattle neighborhoods include Washington Park, Madison Park, Upper Queen Anne, Laurelhurst, Montlake, Magnolia, Greenlake, Windermere, View Ridge and the houseboats on Lake Union. We are talking houses well over $1.5M and larger mansions in the upper 7 figures and up. Eastside suburbs in parts of Bellevue, Mercer Island, Kirkland as you mentioned above are often even wealthier. But even Magnolia would be considered very wealthy (and look it) for most metro areas in this country.
There are A LOT more wealthy areas of Seattle than that. Sometimes feels like everywhere given how high median home prices are across the city and suburbs, and the large number of nice neighborhoods across the city. Wealthy Seattle neighborhoods include Washington Park, Madison Park, Upper Queen Anne, Laurelhurst, Montlake, Magnolia, Greenlake, Windermere, View Ridge and the houseboats on Lake Union. We are talking houses well over $1.5M and larger mansions in the upper 7 figures and up. Eastside suburbs in parts of Bellevue, Mercer Island, Kirkland as you mentioned above are often even wealthier. But even Magnolia would be considered very wealthy (and look it) for most metro areas in this country.
Yeah, this is very true. I just wasn't really sure how I should answer, so I picked the absolute wealthiest areas.
Actually, seeing this thread made me curious for more info about Seattle's old-money scene, and I ended up reading through this very interesting Reddit thread about it.
Are you asking about wealthy neighborhoods, or neighborhoods that "look" like the people might be wealthy??
In eastern Washington, there is little emphasis on "show wealth", except among the recent urban refugees from western Washington. They do spend a bunch of money on "show houses".
However, the real wealth is in the small orchards and long-time residents. Those are pretty modest homes, but a small orchard owner with 10 acres has more wealth than somebody with a million dollar non-view home.
My favorite was the wheat farmer than had a small two bedroom home in the middle of his farm.
It was located at the end of his private airstrip and hanger. I suspect his "second home" in Palm Springs was probably nicer than his primary home. In his primary home, he was working and harvest. The second home had a golf course and view to enjoy while waiting for spring planting.
So many pockets of uber wealth below 96th St in Manhattan. A few:
Upper East Side (really old money) - Think Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, Morgans
Tribeca - Think newer money - Wall St types, A-list Hollywood celebs, musicians, athletes
Soho - similar to Tribeca
Greenwich Village - a mix of both
Upper West Side - a mix of both
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