Manhattanites
Manhattan borough dwellers
Manhattanites are residents of Manhattan, the central borough of New York City.
The term carries connotations of urban sophistication, high cost of living, and a particular brand of East Coast cosmopolitanism: Manhattanites walk everywhere, Like most Manhattanites, she considered anywhere north of 96th Street the hinterlands.
People living somewhere
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- islandersResidents of surrounded land
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- commutersDaily work travelers
natives · transplants · Harlem · Soho · Tribeca · neighbors · tenants · renters
Having abundant financial resources
- prosperousEnjoying wealth and success
- eliteSuperior select group
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- privilegedHaving special advantages
well-to-do · socialites · financiers · philanthropists · trust-funders · art collectors · gallery-goers · gentrifiers
Worldly and cultured
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- culturedEducated in arts, manners
- urbaneRefined and courteous
- stylishFashionably elegant
fashionable · well-traveled · polyglot · foodie · multilingual
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- ethnic enclavesImmigrant community neighborhoods
first-generation · transplants · expats · international · blended · multi-ethnic · assimilated
residents
People living somewhere
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- islandersResidents of surrounded land
- boroughAdministrative town or district
commuters · natives · transplants · Harlem · Soho · Tribeca · neighbors · tenants · renters
subway riders
Underground transit passengers
- street-smartUrban survival instincts
wealthy
Having abundant financial resources
- prosperousEnjoying wealth and success
- eliteSuperior select group
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
privileged · well-to-do · socialites · financiers · philanthropists · trust-funders · art collectors · gallery-goers · gentrifiers
sophisticated
Worldly and cultured
stylish · fashionable · well-traveled · polyglot · foodie · multilingual
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
ethnic enclaves · first-generation · transplants · expats · international · blended · multi-ethnic · assimilated
- city peoplecity dwellers, urbanites, residents, citizens, locals
- New YorkersBrooklynites, subway riders, subway rider, city dwellers, straphanger
Manhattanitesvillagers
Inhabitants of small settlements
farmers · heartlanders · Middle Americans · ranchers · homesteaders