Looking forward to someone who can write better answering this question. This topic is half joking, I am kinda curious to see answers.
In no particular order:
One Hyde Park (Address) - London
740 Park Avenue (Address) - NYC
432 Park Avenue (Address) - NYC
Kensington Palace Gardens (Neighborhood) - London
Tied: UES/UWS (Neighborhood) - NYC
Belgravia (Neighborhood) - London
Bonus:
Trump Tower: More of a honorable mention due to controversy.
9 East 71st Street: Would live here just for the sheer amount of shock it would garner.
Curious to hear from anyone familiar with Arab, Russian or Chinese equivalents.
Didn't include any West Coast addresses or neighborhoods, for some reason I never take business people from there seriously. Like let's be honest what kind of true power player mogul lives and operates in Beverly Hills or Malibu.
Tour Odéon in Monaco
St Jean Cap Ferrat nearby Nice
Anywhere in the 16ème arrondissement of Paris
Sculptura Ardmore in Singapore
MILA in Chicago
Kalorama Heights in DC
Argyle House in LA
I would add the Hudson River-facing side of Manhattan notably around the Lincoln Center
In terms of London, I'd say the most prominent ones you mentioned like One Hyde Park or Kensington Palace Gardens have simply become too strongly associated with London's exceptionally bad problem with dirty money to still be at the pinnacle of prestige. The truly prestigious areas are ones where you get huge detached houses in more low key streets such as the Boltons in Chelsea or Elsworthy road in Primrose Hill (not arguing that other neighbourhoods are free of laundered cash, but at least you get actual families living in those areas, not just some oligarch's empty trophy)
This is actually a very good point, never saw it from that lens before. Would much rather live with other families than empty oligarch lots.
I'm starting to see this sentiment come up more and more in social circles, interesting how the tides have turned. As far back as I remember, London has always quietly been a haven for dirty money.
Yeah I think it's definitely come more into the public eye in recent times. Even more so this year now that there's stronger backlash against Russian money/influence.
the most prestigious address is a PO box because you live in a compound off the grid or a private island
P.O. Box in the name of an officer for a shell company for sure.
I generally agree on your west coast take. But you can't deny that the entertainment industry is a huge part of the US economy. So, you have to include parts of Southern California, particularly the Triangle in Beverly Hills and the immediate adjoining areas (say 1 mile radius). I'd put that neighborhood up against anything else you can mention around the world.
I used to live in this area and still vacation there when I can. The lifestyle is to enjoy the patio restaurants in town. If you take the combined net worth of the people having lunch on a random Tuesday in the Triangle, you would start to match the GDP of various small countries :)
1010 Park
220 CPS
2675 S Bayshore Drive
Not sure if we’re including suburbs in this but Greenwich, CT has a LOT of wealthy/powerful people
Anyone with a dock on lac leman. End of story.
Had an old work colleague as a new grad who lived in a friend of the family's boat house for free in Rolle. Was the most glorious new grad bachelor pad I will ever see
Woodside in Palo Alto has quite a few UHNW PE/VC people and entrepreneurs.
I live in the American Gardens Building on West 81st Street on the 11th floor.
Palm Beach Island (Zip 33480)
How about Medina; Seattle?
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