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stockbroker belt

British  

noun

  1. informal the area outside a city, esp London, in which rich commuters live Compare exurbia

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Chelsea had invested tens of millions of pounds in its academy, bringing some of the best and brightest youth players from around Europe to the stockbroker belt just outside London.

From New York Times

“The time: more than fifty years ago. The place: about fifteen miles south of London. The milieu: stockbroker belt, as they called it—not that I ever met a stockbroker in all my years there.”

From Economist

He looks like a retired Hell’s Angel from the stockbroker belt, but it works.

From The Guardian

"Brad's Tour de France performance has captured people's imaginations, raised interest and is a perfect way to step into the Olympic arena," Brailsford said at the road race team's base in the Surrey stockbroker belt.

From The Guardian

When he takes the 12-mile drive up from his home in Oxshott in the Surrey stockbroker belt on Sunday morning, he will have time enough to think about what lies ahead.

From The Guardian