Reply #6: East Hampton went that way long ago with the 80's being the nail in the coffin & the last several

[KittyWampus]

decades being the dirt being thrown on top of the coffin.

BIg old farmhouses and even the big old weekend houses just weren't big enough- so up went McMansions way too big for what are fairly large plots.

Family farms?

DU'ers will not listen, but to inherit a family farm means splitting off a couple of back acres for development due to skyrocketed value of real estate. Southampton is a hideous place now.

Wainscott- used to be Polish potato farmers. No one wanted to live there except maybe a few artist types who appreciated the light for painting. Now it's one of THE most expensive real estate places in the country.

Bridgehampton- has a section of land where the soil is very good for planting> now developed.

This place has become like a movie set. A thin veneer or rural character with not much heart left in it.

Our volunteer fire departments & ambulance corps don't have enough year-rounders.

And with all that wealth- the locals struggle. Fisherman who never finished school cause they had a good living through multiple generations harvesting the sea are screwed over cause they can't haul seine anymore and the bays are polluted.

I could go on but it gets depressing.