new york's guilt cured by a beach house, a hedge fund, and truly aggressive landscaping.
means a string of wealthy villages on the eastern end of long island where manhattan's finance and media class summers, at prices that make the mortgage look like a rounding error.
from settled by english colonists in the 1640s, named for towns like southampton and easthampton back home; stayed sleepy farm-and-fish country until railroad access and 20th-century money turned potato fields into the most expensive lawns in america.
east hampton — main street lined with boutiques and old money
sag harbor — former whaling port, now writers and quieter wealth
montauk — the scrappier surfer end, once dubbed the end
southampton — the original settlement, oldest english town in new york state