Sentences with phrase «most affluent community»

Located in the high desert of northeast Nevada, Elko is notable for being the most affluent community in our study, with residents earning a median income of more than $ 71,000.

The city is also the most affluent community on our list, with average incomes topping $ 91,000.

Using data supplied by Environics, we present you with a complete rundown of the most affluent communities coast - to - coast.

Drilling operations have turned some of Texas's most affluent communities into industrial wastelands.

Home to just over 30,000 people, Ballwin distinguishes itself as one of the safest and most affluent communities on our list.

As the magazine points out, «The fact is, in many of the nation's most affluent communities, $ 1 million doesn't begin to buy the best.

Not exact matches

It is they who are reminding voters that casinos redistribute wealth from the poorest in society up the ladder towards the most affluent, make no contribution to long term economic growth, and cause social ills in the communities where they are built.

And my guess is that it's the more affluent, well educated areas that will cough up the money because they value nutrition, whereas the communities that probably need it most might not have the initiative.

The district, suburban in character, is one of the most diverse in the city, with a booming South Asian population and traditionally affluent Jewish and Italian - American communities.

Others said Paladino's comments reflect a deeper problem in a community consistently ranked as one of the most segregated in the nation, and that has a burgeoning immigrant population both in the city and several affluent suburbs.

I was lucky enough to be raised in an affluent suburb, St. Charles, but as with most wealthy communities, not too far away, there are school districts that are severely underfunded.

Sugar Daddie breaks the gap between rich, affluent class and the commoners, as one of the oldest sugar daddy websites around the world, it is a large platform built for contacting two class people, along with the very nice sugar community for every people who want to find the most suitable companionship.

A struggling family that's determined to make a better life for themselves in one of America's most idyllic cities is learning the hard way that the affluent community isn't as glamorous as they initially believed.

At the community level, support for schools might also be enhanced under a regime of public school choice, because fewer people would feel compromised, silenced, or alienated in an environment where well - intentioned school officials are forced to accommodate conflicting constituent demands and wind up doing so in ways that favor the most vocal, affluent, or well - organized.

Yet we should also concede that intact families, communities with strong social capital, and households with plentiful resources for good health care, healthy meals, enrichment programs, and the like give affluent children an advantage that most of their poor peers will never be able to overcome.

Most affluent Americans remain optimistic about the schools in their local community.

Focus just on the most affluent, high - achieving, homogeneous communities you can picture: Say, Scarsdale (New York) or Bethesda (Maryland) or McLean (Virginia) or most of Marin County (California).

It's time we set the record straight: Charter schools are doing important work to raise the level of performance for children who need it the most and to close the achievement gap between our inner - city students and those in our more affluent communities.

The most significant finding in Portrait of the Movement is that charters are contributing significantly to accelerating the closure of the performance gap between low - income and affluent communities.

While there always have been inequalities among the nation's public schools, the gap in spending between public schools in the poorest and most - affluent communities has grown during the past decade.

«Most important,» Thorpe added, «we have to make sure that quality teaching is as prevalent in schools serving poor communities as it is in more affluent ones.

I have been in hundreds of English classrooms, in both our most affluent and our most disadvantaged communities, and have never once witnessed «rote memorization».

However, the PROSPER Act's approach to accountability ignores important lessons from state performance - based funding systems, many of which have been shown to funnel limited state dollars to well - resourced institutions that enroll the most affluent and academically prepared students while failing to support institutions that serve a more representative community.2 Rather than applying an immediate penalty through the blunt instrument of an artificial threshold, an effective accountability system would reward colleges that enroll and graduate Pell - eligible students while providing underperforming and underfunded institutions the time, resources, and support they need to improve.

Not only does this close - knit community of roughly 8,300 residents have one of the best violent crime rates in the state, it's also one of the most affluent.

San Pedro, which was abandoned by several residents during the 1940s as a result of the economic depression which followed the devastation of the 1931 hurricane and the decline in the coconut industry, was by the mid-1980s one of the most economically affluent communities in Belize.

Anchored by new - to - the - market Bloomingdale's, Nieman - Marcus and Macy's, the center is convenient to the area's most affluent residential communities upscale hotels and top visitor attractions.

As these laws were repealed, the area evolved into one of the most affluent African American communities in the country, home to Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as the first (and only) black mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley (who stayed in Leimert Park for the first few years of his record twenty - year term), and filmmaker John Singleton, who inadvertently created the neighborhood's tagline when he dubbed it «the black Greenwich Village.»

The average income in Plano is higher than most other Texas communities, but this affluent city remains friendly and welcoming.

Laura Brady, president of Concierge Auctions, says; «Toronto is a strong market, and, ranked by the Census as one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Canada, the Bridle Path community is a crown jewel.

Centrally located just west of St Louis city, this region of tree - lined residential streets, bustling business districts, golf and tennis clubs, dog parks and community centers is home to some of the area's most affluent neighborhoods and top - rated schools.