Which is a better place to summer-the Hamptons or Martha's vineyard?

Which place would you choose?

by Anonymousreply 35May 28, 2018 1:41 AM

I'm NOT sure.

I've summered in both places.

MV is nicer. BUT - you're stuck on an island and it's a hassle to get to.

But The Hamptons can be incredibly boring. But I used to go as a teen - so I might think differently now.

Probably MV would be my place of choice.

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by Anonymousreply 2December 3, 2017 10:51 AM

R2 -

[quote]its a hassle to get to.

You take a ferry to get to MV, you’re not swimming there.

My choice is MV. Plus you get to visit a place called Back Door Donuts!

by Anonymousreply 3December 3, 2017 11:33 AM

The vineyard. Hamptons is only fun if you have and want to spend money. If you don't your only option there is to lay on the beach which you can do anywhere. The vineyard is great for hiking, kayaking and rowing, biking, animal watching and any number of fun free activities. Also people at the vineyard are way more down to earth.

by Anonymousreply 7December 3, 2017 1:29 PM

"summer" as a verb? what pretentious fops. lmao

by Anonymousreply 9December 3, 2017 2:05 PM

I'd think the most fun is if you bring your own party to either place. If you go their on your own expecting to be entertained, there are more affordable fun options on MV. People who go to the Hamptons seem so pretentious.

by Anonymousreply 10December 3, 2017 2:10 PM

I have already chosen this in Leelanau County. and yes we have always said "summering". R6 I will try to spot you with telescope from across GTB

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by Anonymousreply 11December 3, 2017 2:24 PM

The Vineyard, especially if you are spending a chunk of time there (versus trying to get out there every weekend.)

The Hamptons were great when I was a kid, but by the late 90s they had gotten way too overbuilt, too crowded, too filled with people trying to show off how rich they were and 20something lawyers and bakers in share houses and all that. A drive that used to take 15 minutes became an hour long journey and anything resembling a restaurant was booked for weeks if not months in advance.

By the late 00s, that had all infested Montauk and Sag Harbor too.

Vineyard is not pretention-free but is still way more low key

by Anonymousreply 14December 3, 2017 3:38 PM

It depends where you live. Vineyard is a hassle if you live in NYC but so is getting to the Hamptons unless you helicopter. The Hamptons are full of awful people. Take the train out there and you will see. Nantucket is better than both. MV has gotten too crowded.

by Anonymousreply 15December 3, 2017 3:48 PM

Didn't Princess Diana discover MV?

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by Anonymousreply 17December 3, 2017 7:32 PM

I've lived on both, and they are totally different animals. Both of them are very affluent and expensive, but I never felt like I got away from it all on the Hamptons. It is all see and be seen, overpriced restaurants, social climbing, etc. The Vineyard is probably more expensive, but it is also much more low key. You DO feel like you're away from everything, and it is more relaxing, and less subject to social climbing, wannabes, etc. I have also lived on Nantucket, and much prefer that, but, dear god, you can get claustrophobic fast. It is a very small island, and there's not much to do, the beaches are not great, and it is absurdly expensive. That said, there is no place else on earth like it, and I would move back there in a minute if circumstances allowed.

by Anonymousreply 19December 3, 2017 10:06 PM

St George Island, FL. Very few people, beautiful beaches and a great getaway from city life.

Pretentious DL queens will turn their noses up about it since it's in the middle of nowhere on the Florida panhandle. Fine with us. We interact with enough of you fake bitches the rest of the year.

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by Anonymousreply 20December 3, 2017 10:16 PM

[quote]St George Island, FL.

Do you have an ihop?

by Anonymousreply 22December 3, 2017 10:33 PM

I summer in MV even though I live in NYC. I fly direct...driving and ferry is a pain. If you want a scene, go to the Hamptons; if you want an actual getaway, go to the Vineyard.

by Anonymousreply 23December 3, 2017 10:51 PM

My thoughts precisely, R9. Barf.

by Anonymousreply 24December 3, 2017 11:12 PM

Why would you go to either of these places, unless you had close friends who were joining you? I prefer to socialize with people I like rather than the place we are hanging out. If only given these two choices, I'd divide my time between the two. Staying in one place can be rather dull.

by Anonymousreply 25December 3, 2017 11:49 PM

Why would anyone want to go to the Hamptons? From Manhattan it's at least a three-hour bus or train ride By car, it's worse. The main drag is a two-lane highway.

by Anonymousreply 26May 27, 2018 5:34 PM

MV has a lower ratio of New Yorkers and as mentioned upstream, it's not the "see and be seen-Lizzie Grubman-pretentious baby Wall Streeter" scene found at the end of Long Island but it's still too precious and crowded in season. Plus the Steamship Authority is having major problems with the ferries: "Martha's Vineyard" just completed an $18.5 million dollar refurbishment/rebuild but the engines kept dying mid-voyage this spring and now there seems to be a really shitty-smelling sewage problem.

I'm in theoretical agreement with the people who like St. George Island but it's in Florida and while I can understand how Southerners might think it an improvement over where they live the rest of the year, we're talking where to summer here. For me, that's not gonna be somewhere the water and the air both feel like a hot bath in August.

And whoever said Provincetown can't have been there since the 1970's. Cruising's no fun when you're dodging strollers and the supersized fraus wielding them on Commercial Street. Breeders and their breed spawn fill the streets nowadays.

by Anonymousreply 28May 27, 2018 6:14 PM

Shouldn't the choice be Miami or West Palm Beach? Or is that for the winter?

by Anonymousreply 29May 27, 2018 8:00 PM

Neither - fire island, cape cod-Ptown, or Nantucket

by Anonymousreply 30May 28, 2018 1:00 AM

Harwich, Captiva, Hilton Head, St Croix

by Anonymousreply 31May 28, 2018 1:08 AM

Normally I'd say Provincetown, but Memorial weekend is when lesbians take over the island. Wait a month and go for July 4th week. There's nothing better than July 4th in Provincetown. There's always gorgeous men and celebrities.

by Anonymousreply 32May 28, 2018 1:19 AM

MV for sure. Hamptons doesn't seem relaxing - just another spot for social climbing and whores who want to pick up rich men and women. MV is made for the summer season - a ton of charm, plus it's not difficult to fly CapeAir direct from NY and other places. Unless you have your own helicopter or plane, no flights to Hamptons - just a lot of driving and traffic. (or you can take the Jitney - which is a bus).

by Anonymousreply 33May 28, 2018 1:26 AM

Summering is not an obnoxious verb if it's what you really do as a matter of course.

by Anonymousreply 34May 28, 2018 1:27 AM

Enough with "The Hamptons" as a gay playground … the guys here are in share houses, barely affording that. They are wage earners. Not rich. The Jitney ride can be a trip. The train is better. Two Mile Hollow, well …..

by Anonymousreply 35May 28, 2018 1:41 AM

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