Even to apply to live in some luxurious apartment buildings, applicants must be worth millions of dollars.

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He is married to Somalian supermodel Iman, and the couple live in a luxurious Manhattan apartment with their daughter Alexandria, three.

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In August Abrams and his wife, Sandra, lost their effort to keep living in a luxurious Manhattan apartment that overlooks Central Park and is owned by Marisa Chearavanont, a daughter-in-law of Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont.

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Smith was looking for not only a private and luxurious New York apartment, but one with room for his family and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith.

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Ko moved to a luxurious, family-owned apartment in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where thousands of Koreans have congregated in recent years.

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