But because they are comparatively affluent consumers, they have attracted the attention of marketers.

A third program and by far the most controversial was Block Partnership, a plan to help solve problems in minority neighborhoods and to improve race relations by linking them with comparatively affluent white church groups.

The western side of Kozhuvallur is a comparatively affluent area, and has recently been settled predominantly by Syrian Christians from Venmony and Kodukulanji.

Mr. Barriera noted that development areas existed throughout Brooklyn, even in comparatively affluent neighborhoods like Brooklyn Heights and Carroll Gardens.

It is more difficult to understand the senseless vandalism that goes on in comparatively affluent areas.

Booming populations in desperately poor nations are bound to make the comparatively affluent United States a target for ever more migrants.

The targets are usually members of the small but comparatively affluent population of Chinese-Filipinos, who have a reputation for paying large ransoms and keeping their mouths shut.

The population is diverse - essentially a racial and ethnic mirror of national census data - comparatively affluent, well-educated and densely packed into a small geographic area.

Situated in a concentrated, comparatively affluent region, the hospital has been able to afford its ambitious expansion plans where others have not.

One thing they had in common: All were comparatively affluent.