Which cities have their richest neighborhoods within the city proper? (median income, zip codes)
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Seattle is one. The Laurelhurst/Windermere areas are wealthy and within the city limits, as is the Magnolia district. What other major cities have wealthy neighborhoods within the city? I know Los Angeles probably has many neighborhoods that fit this criteria, but beyond that...?
Most cities I'm familiar with are like that. Old money types like to hang on to their stuff, so a lot of the wealthiest areas are in older parts of the city.
Kansas City's Ward Parkway area comes to mind. Milwaukee's east side, especially near the lake. Some areas around midtown Memphis.
Yes, I know most cities have small pockets of wealth. I guess my question re-phrased is, which cities have large pockets of wealth within the city limits? Sorry I wasn't totally clear here.
Both KC and Milwaukee's areas are quite large and spill over into old-money suburbs. In KC, it goes from the south side of downtown clear down to the south side of the city, and is mirrored across the state line all the way up and down on the Kansas side. It's an impressive stretch of wealth to say the least, and it wasn't the only affluent section of the metro. I often wondered how it ever got to be that way.
Memphis and lot's o' money don't go hand in hand usually, but it might surprise you.
Seattle is one. The Laurelhurst/Windermere areas are wealthy and within the city limits, as is the Magnolia district. What other major cities have wealthy neighborhoods within the city? I know Los Angeles probably has many neighborhoods that fit this criteria, but beyond that...?
I don't think that's quite the case if you take Census Tract as a unit. Montlake has higher median income (125K, 2007 data) than either Laurelhurst/Windermere (90K) or Magnolia (109K). But all of them are still behind several places on the East side, e.g. Medina (171K), Yarrow Point (165K), South Mercer Island (164K) and several more.
The only city I'm aware of that has higher median income Census Tracts than any of its suburbs is Portland. West Hills are slightly wealthier than Lake Oswego.
Los Angeles: Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Westwood, Toluca Lake, Hancock Park (Beverly Hills is a separate city, completely surrounded by LA zip codes)
San Francisco: St. Francis Wood, Seacliff, Pacific Heights, Marina (don't know it as well as LA)
I don't think that's quite the case if you take Census Tract as a unit. Montlake has higher median income (125K, 2007 data) than either Laurelhurst/Windermere (90K) or Magnolia (109K). But all of them are still behind several places on the East side, e.g. Medina (171K), Yarrow Point (165K), South Mercer Island (164K) and several more.
True, but my post was about Seattle city proper as still providing wealthy areas. The eastside locations you mentioned are skewed by a few very wealthy individuals. I don't think we need to name them.
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