the well-to-do

"We need a system that ensures access for the poor and prevents misuse by the well-to-do."

Fender’s also made waves with his comments regarding the class dynamics of a music industry he believes is “rigged” in favor of the well-to-do.

The schism widened when River Plate - after joining their rivals in the working-class neighbourhood of La Boca - relocated to the well-to-do suburb of Recoleta up the road, then further north to Nunez, where they reside today.

Vargas Llosa’s social position — as part of the well-to-do, fair-skinned, Spanish-speaking elite — also raised questions about how he would govern a country made up largely of Indigenous people and mixed-race mestizos.

Elite institutions of higher education were essentially finishing schools for the well-to-do and well-connected: however neutral the letter of the admissions requirements, the “competition” between the Kennedys and the Bridgeses of the world had been won well in advance.