NYT Wonders What The Poor People Are Doing This Weekend
It may come as news to those of you who are busy lining up your date rape drugs for tonight's festivities at Canoe Place Inn, but The New York Times has discovered that not everyone is willing to drop ten grand for the privilege of passing out on a piss-covered couch at the end of Long Island. Intrepid reporter Anna Bahney describes a hardy cohort of young New Yorkers who, either because of poverty or general good taste, are shunning the fabled summer share to spend more time here in town, or even, God forbid, on a fake beach in Queens. Bahney digs deeper, though, doing extensive research that, while it may undercut her thesis, is too good not to print: "Still... the summer share isn't exactly dead. A search on the user-posted photo Web site flickr.com revealed groups of 20-somethings lifting cocktails this summer at clubs in the Hamptons." So basically, nobody goes to The Hamptons anymore. Except for the people who do. Maybe we should move to Nebraska after all.
