How the ULTRA RICH Built This American Town Just for Themselves

Hidden just 30 minutes south of San Francisco lies Atherton, California. Atherton is the richest town in America with an average home price of over $7 million and includes residents such as tech billionaires from Google, Facebook, and Tesla. Atherton has become the ultimate symbol of Wealth. A suburb where billionaires go to be invisible from the public. So how did a town with fewer than 7,000 people become the most expensive ZIP code in the United States? 00:00 Atherton California 00:50 The City That Hides Its Wealth 01:59 The Silicon Valley Effect 03:05 How Zoning Created a Landscape of Billionaires 04:14 The Network Effect of Wealth 05:13 The Cost of Exclusivity 06:11 The Invisible Town 06:52 Being Unreachable #realestate #atherton #wealth #billionairelifestyle