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Which neighborhoods on New York City's Upper East Side are rich?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes. It is the wealthiest, toniest neighborhood in the entire city. In the last 20 to 25 years, the Upper West Side has become almost as ritzy. Often, rent and condo prices on the Upper West Side are even more expensive than on the Upper East Side!
However, the Upper East Side is still the place where "old money" lives. Extremely wealthy and powerful New Yorkers still tend to believe that the Upper East Side is the only neighborhood that is appropriate for people of their status to live.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe Upper East Side IS a neighborhood. It is the wealthiest neighborhood in the city, and has been for a long time. There are other wealthy neighborhoods in the city (mostly in Manhattan, although Brooklyn has become quite gentrified in the last 15 to 20 years), such as the Upper West Side, Gramercy Park, Greenwich Village and the West Village.
The Upper East Side is definitely the wealthiest and most exclusive, though. There is a certain population of upper class families in New York City who firmly believe that the Upper East Side (specifically, on or in between 5th, Madison and Park Avenues) is the only proper place for people of their standing to live in.
However, all of Manhattan's neighborhoods are mixed income. There's no neighborhood that is inhabited only by rich people. If someone lives on the Upper East Side, you can pretty much assume they are not poor, but you can't really assume that they're rich (unless they live on or in between 5th, Madison and Park). As mentioned before, it is definitely the wealthiest and most exclusive neighborhood in the city. The rest of Manhattan's neighborhoods, however, change all the time.
For example, 25 to 30 years ago, the Upper West Side was considered a dangerous neighborhood. It was full of empty lots, crackhouses, and prostitutes. Now it is probably the second-richest neighborhood in the city. However, the housing projects and subsidized housing complexes (where low to middle income people live) remain. So there are housing projects for the poor located right next to, or right across the street from, luxury condos filled with apartments that sell for millions of dollars.
So, in Manhattan, you can't really assume that someone is rich because they live in a "rich" neighborhood. If you're familiar with the city, you can often -- but definitely not always -- tell by the street they live on. For example, if they live between East 59th and East 96th Streets (the Upper East Side) on or in between Park, Madison and especially 5th Avenues, they're most likely rich (and if it's 5th Avenue, they're definitely rich), but if they live between East 59th and East 96th, on or in between Lexington, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, York and East End, they are more likely to be middle to upper-middle income.
And if someone lives between 70th and 80th Streets between Columbus and Amsterdam (the Upper West Side), they are most likely wealthy. If they live on Amsterdam between 86th and 96th (also Upper West Side), they are probably low to middle income.
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Do many famous people live in the Upper West Side?
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What is the distance from the Upper East Side to Battery Park?
It's between 4 and 4.5 miles (6.4 to 7.2 kilometers), as the crow flies (meaning, if you were to draw a straight, imaginary line between them on the map). It's about 4.25 to 4.33 miles (6.8 to 7.0 kilometers) to the southern edge of the Upper East Side (59th Street).The Upper East Side is one of the biggest neighborhoods (it and the Upper West Side are probably the biggest). It is nearly two miles long, and about two miles wide (some of the other neighborhoods, especially in Mid to Lower Manhattan, are only a few blocks wide/long)!The Upper East Side runs south to north from 59th to 96th Streets, and east to west from 5th Avenue to the East River (it's one of the few neighborhoods in New York City that has very precise boundaries). In New York City, 17 to 20 street blocks (north/south blocks) equals a mile, and 5 to 10 avenue blocks (east/west blocks) equals a mile (the avenue blocks vary in length considerably, but the avenue blocks on the Upper East Side are some of the shortest in the city, so in your case it would be more like 10 avenue blocks per mile).Anyway, so, if you're going further Uptown than 59th, or very far east (like to 1st Avenue, York Avenue, or East End) the ride could be up to 6 or 6.5 miles (10 to 10.5 kilometers).In bad traffic, it could take over an hour to get there. If there's no traffic at all, it would be about 30 minutes.
What is considered Midtown in Manhattan?
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Where section of Manhattan has the most old money?
Upper East side
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