What are the Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket of the South?
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Anonymous
| What’s the equivalent in the South? A neighbor recommended Tybee Island? But online it doesn’t seem to be similar to either? |
Anonymous
Sea Island? Kiawah Island? Bald Head Island? |
Anonymous
| +1 for Sea Island |
Anonymous
Not sure there are really equivalents when they are in different regions of the country. Jekyll Island in Georgia has some more historical significance than other islands in the South, but if you're talking upscale maybe it's Hilton Head, Kiawah, and Figure Eight Island. Ocracoke is, or used to be, quite distinctive but I wouldn't compare it to Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard. I've only been to Kiawah and Ocracoke among all these places, but discovered one of my 9th GGFs was Peter Folger, who was a big deal on Nantucket in the late 1600s. |
Anonymous
| Kiawah, Sullivans Island or Sea Island but definitely not Tybee! |
Anonymous
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Nine are similar because they are all easily accessible by bridge
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Anonymous
| Kiawah island, the montage palmetto bluff, really all of Charleston. |
Anonymous
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Here's what ChatGPT thinks:
Southern Martha’s Vineyard Equivalents (polish, clubs, heritage, curated social scene) Sea Island, GA → crown jewel, old money, resort club culture Figure Eight Island, NC → gated, ultra-private, no commerce, basically Southern Vineyard but without the crowds Gasparilla Island / Boca Grande, FL → genteel “Old Florida,” quiet wealth Southern Nantucket Equivalents (windswept, isolated, understated, landscape-first) Kiawah Island, SC → golf + marshland, nature-driven luxury Bald Head Island, NC → ferry-only, no cars, golf carts + timeless feel Daufuskie Island, SC → boat-only, rustic, strong cultural history Hilton Head kind of straddles Sea Island and Kiawah Island — busier and more accessible, so it loses a little of that “exclusive island” mystique. |
Anonymous
| I think Sea Island is more like Nantucket than MV |
Anonymous
I agree. And Kiawah is more MV. |
Anonymous
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Everywhere is different. Why do people want to compare places? This is so silly!
There's no multiple MVs and only one Maine. There's only 1 Paris and 1 Chicago. It's like asking what 2 people are alike. Enjoy the E and enjoy the S. It's different cultures and cities and seasons. |
Anonymous
| Eww nowhere. Too many MAGAs in southern vacation spots playing that dumb cornhole game. |
Anonymous
“Eww”? Are you 12? |
Anonymous
| Kiawah, sea island, gasparilla, alys beach |
Anonymous
Yeah, because ChatGPT has never been to either... |