Riverdale , Bronx is populated by wealthy families .
Riverdale is an affluentCary , Bill ( November 11 , 2016 ) `` Riverdale : A Bit of Suburbia in New York City '' The Wall Street JournalHughes , C. J . ( May 7 , 2016 ) `` Moving to the Bronx '' The New York TimesFerretti , Fred ( October 6 , 1989 ) `` Uptight in Riverdale '' New York residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx , a borough in New York City .