the well-to-do
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In Pompeii, there are Avianius, a teenager apprenticed to a blacksmith, and Julia Felix, a rare female businesswoman who runs a kind of spa cum entertainment center for the well-to-do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The exclusive complex, in classic picture-postcard Switzerland scenery, has been welcoming leaders and the well-to-do and for more than 150 years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Like the U.S. broadly, rich people are keeping the party going in New York, and powering a burgeoning local economy that caters to the well-to-do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
“The finances of the well-to-do have never been better, their spending never stronger, and the economy never more dependent on that group,” Zandi told WSJ.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
“Where the well-to-do folks live? They have their own stores, paved roads...You've probably seen the path that leads to the side of town, lined with electric street lamps?”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
