A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
You could easily drive through this leafy Silicon Valley suburb without realising you were in America’s richest neighbourhood. From the road, it’s all high brick walls and opaque gates.
It takes Google Maps to get a glimpse of what lies behind. Satellite images of Atherton, California – where the average household income just blew past half a million dollars – reveal the sprawling homes of tech billionaires and sports stars, studded with tennis courts and pools.
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A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than $525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands under construction in Atherton, California. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
Pedestrians walk up a driveway of a home in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands under construction on Ridge View Drive in Atherton, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than $525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
A gated entry to a home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A worker pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with sod down a driveway of a home on Ridge View Drive in Atherton, California. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands in Atherton, California, US. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands on Alta Vista Drive in Atherton, California. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home stands past a gate in Atherton, California. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
A home under construction stands in Atherton, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than $525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Signage for the Atherton CalTrain station is displayed in Atherton, California. For the fourth straight year, Atherton topped Bloomberg's Richest Places annual index. With an average household income of more than US$525,000, it became the first and so far only community to top the half-million dollar mark since Bloomberg started compiling the index in 2017. — Bloomberg
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