Some were wartime expatriates, others American residents of long standing.
While the original American residents have long gone, the colony continues to thrive.
But nothing happened, and many of the American residents believed nothing ever would.
One of the world's fastest analysts recently became an American resident.
These measures would come into effect for all American residents in 2013.
During its construction, there were as many as 12,000 American residents but in recent years the number is below 1,000.
At the time he was an American resident, four months away from citizenship.
There has also been an increase in the number of Asian American residents.
But the explosions were not close the areas where American residents are concentrated.
There is also a significant community of British and American residents.