wealthy resident
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wealthy
adjective
uk/ˈwel.θi/us/ˈwel.θi/
rich:
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resident
noun[C]
uk/ˈrez.ɪ.dənt/us/ˈrez.ə.dənt/
a person who lives or has their home in ...
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(Definition ofwealthyandresidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A local legend relates that awealthyresidentoften lent money to local businessmen.
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Those towns without a large number of wealthy residents generally enjoyed assemblies and theatres, but often lacked promenades, libraries or music concerts, certainly before the turn of the nineteenth century.
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The prominence of the castle led to a huge boom in the area, with many wealthy residents setting up shop and defining the present neighbourhood.
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Wealthy residents began to move out and towards newer colonias to the west.
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Railway connections and then the rise in car ownership and allowed the wealthy residents to live further from the city in more open suburbs.
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He also believed that a public park would attract wealthy residents.
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Though small, the parish had some wealthy residents, and the church received various benefactions.
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However, wealthy residents began to move to newer colonias as early as the 1940s and problems associated with urbanization began to appear in the 1950s.
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At this time, the park was only accessible to the wealthy residents who owned plots around the park.
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Almost immediately, several wealthy residents of the neighborhood wanted the parkway realigned out of their neighborhood.
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The streets around it became the city's newest desirable address, with their wealthy residents building houses larger than the rowhouses they had previously called home.
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It was at these and similar areas that he directed his organization in swindling the wealthy residents.
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Patrons of the beach claimed that the wealthy residents in the surrounding neighborhood wanted to reduce or eliminate use by non-residents.
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