The Hamptons were once an idyllic enclave where Manhattanites decamped to escape the bustle of city life. But in recent summers, the sleepy community on the Atlantic Ocean has become infested with pop-up shops, bass-thumping nightclubs, and publicity parties. If you look for it, though, the romantic charm of Long Island’s South Fork does still exist. We asked eight young people who do the East End right to show us around their Hamptons habitats.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Behind the Hamptons Hedges
by Jessica Flint from Vanity Fair. This week's visit to the habitats of our fellow Americans referred to as the 1%. Check out their lives and see how much we have in common with them.