What's more, affluent households can afford air conditioning, better nutrition and better healthcare, all of which insulate them, to some extent, from dirty air.
Between the World Wars, affluent Americans journeyed by air and sea to a variety of destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Even now that the Nielsen ratings try to account for viewers who digitally record a show and watch it within a week of its air date (affluent viewers, perhaps?), the show's numbers are lousy.
From birth, Otto Frank had breathed the free air of the affluent bourgeoisie.
The city went into decline after World War II, as growing car ownership made day trips to other destinations easy and air travel enticed affluent people to travel farther for their vacations.
The recession makes that relationship easy to see: shuttered factories don't spew carbon dioxide; the unemployed drive fewer miles and turn down their furnaces, air-conditioners, and swimming-pool heaters; struggling corporations and families cut back on air travel; even affluent people buy less throwaway junk.
On Thursday night, Musk held a press conference at Leo Baeck Temple, which was packed with affluent residents of Los Angeles' Bel Air neighborhood and Musk superfans, many of whom showed up wearing SpaceX hats and Tesla hoodies, according to Wired.
Goodheart's organization reviewed data about rooftop solar installations in the city over a 15-year period and found that the majority were in affluent areas such as Bel-Air, while low-income communities such as Southeast L.A. lacked solar power.
Growing up, what was your experience with the more affluent areas, like Beverly Hills and Bel-Air?
Mr. Caruso, a former president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, has built four small and medium-sized open-air shopping centers in affluent Los Angeles suburbs, and has won praise from retail specialists for his attention to detail.
