They ate several meals with us, including one rather fancy one in Varadero, a beach resort two hours from Havana that is preferred by affluent European tourists.
But in general even affluent consumers prefer traditional stores, because they are closer to home, are usually open longer and offer credit to familiar customers.
The new top model will be available globally when it goes on sale next March, but Land Rover expects the Long-Wheelbase Autobiography Black to play especially well in markets – China, for instance – where affluent buyers prefer to be driven rather than drive themselves.
Even more affluent shoppers now prefer Aldi and Lidl because their stores are much easier to navigate and quicker to use than Tesco or Sainsbury's.
Less affluent people may prefer to buy 2-cent coal-fired electricity to recharge their cars.
Better-off families will add shawms (shehnai) to the percussion, while the most affluent who also prefer a more modern or fashionable image may replace the traditional ensemble with a brass band.
That's because, though late to jump on the e-commerce bandwagon, luxury goods companies cater to the growing number of ultra-affluent shoppers who prefer to buy their Dolce & Gabbana dresses, Louis Vuitton handbags and Hermès ties online.
Ho Ho Kus -- spelled that way by the Postal Service, though locals prefer two hyphens -- is an affluent, somewhat reserved bedroom borough whose pleasant functional downtown has never had the fabric or street life of neighboring Ridgewood.
(Affluent whites seem to prefer S.U.V.s).
(Arab Springs are well and good, but affluent visitors from Europe, America and Asia prefer to read about political upheaval rather than witness it from their hotel rooms).
Less affluent parents are likely to prefer more homework as a way of keeping their kids off the streets.
