What are the Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket of the South?

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Anonymous wrote:I think Sea Island is more like Nantucket than MV

I agree. And Kiawah is more MV.

Yeah, because ChatGPT has never been to either...

Kiawah is more quiet, spread out. Like MV
Sea Island has more action, cute area. Like Nantucket.

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Kiawah. But really the southerners are much more likely to go to the Caribbean because even the best southern equivalents are hell-holes with ripped tanktop wearing good ole boys.

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The old money, country club, private school types I've known from Richmond and Atlanta all go to either Kiawah or Sea Island. I think it's just personal preference. Kiawah is more popular from Richmond likely just because of distance. I've not been to Sea Island but Kiawah is very rustic/natural and sleepy apart from The Sanctuary. There is nothing to do at night other than go out to dinner (which is fine with everyone there.) And I've never seen any ripped tank tops there. Ever.

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To get the real Kiawah experience, you have to belong to the Kiawah Island Club (open only to property owners).

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If you are talking about quantity of good restaurants and proximity to luxury retail, there is no equivalent on the Atlantic coast north of Palm Beach. I dont know enough about Alys Beach etc. I've heard good things but cant' say.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are talking about quantity of good restaurants and proximity to luxury retail, there is no equivalent on the Atlantic coast north of Palm Beach. I dont know enough about Alys Beach etc. I've heard good things but cant' say.

Do people really go to the beach to go shopping? Shopping that could be done at home? I don't get that. Also Alys Beach is on the panhandle of FL in the redneck riviera. Not remotely similar to Nantucket or MV (or Kiawah or Sea Island.)

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Rosemary Beach + Seaside

Both are super cute, beautiful beaches and homes, and walkable.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are talking about quantity of good restaurants and proximity to luxury retail, there is no equivalent on the Atlantic coast north of Palm Beach. I dont know enough about Alys Beach etc. I've heard good things but cant' say.

Do people really go to the beach to go shopping? Shopping that could be done at home? I don't get that. Also Alys Beach is on the panhandle of FL in the redneck riviera. Not remotely similar to Nantucket or MV (or Kiawah or Sea Island.)

The average listing price for homes currently on the market in Alys Beach is $5.4m.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are talking about quantity of good restaurants and proximity to luxury retail, there is no equivalent on the Atlantic coast north of Palm Beach. I dont know enough about Alys Beach etc. I've heard good things but cant' say.

Do people really go to the beach to go shopping? Shopping that could be done at home? I don't get that. Also Alys Beach is on the panhandle of FL in the redneck riviera. Not remotely similar to Nantucket or MV (or Kiawah or Sea Island.)

It’s interesting how Dcumlandia immediately writes off “the South” as some impoverished backwoods locale. It really makes you look foolish given the rather obvious wealth both in terms of the residents/visitors and amenities.

And yes, some of us enjoy eating at nice restaurants and indulging in some shopping while on vacation. It certainly beats the heck out of staying put in a rental and cooking.

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Anonymous wrote:Kiawah. But really the southerners are much more likely to go to the Caribbean because even the best southern equivalents are hell-holes with ripped tanktop wearing good ole boys.

I’ve never seen a man in a tank top at Kiawah. But I did see Darius Rucker there recently. He was wearing a polo and golf pants…like most men at Kiawah. And women tend to wear dresses.

It’s what I call preppy casual (which is nicer than what Dcumlandia considers casual).

PS - All the cars on Kiawah are luxury vehicles. It’s fancier than Cape Cod imho.

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No equivalent bc different climate, different culture.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are talking about quantity of good restaurants and proximity to luxury retail, there is no equivalent on the Atlantic coast north of Palm Beach. I dont know enough about Alys Beach etc. I've heard good things but cant' say.

Do people really go to the beach to go shopping? Shopping that could be done at home? I don't get that. Also Alys Beach is on the panhandle of FL in the redneck riviera. Not remotely similar to Nantucket or MV (or Kiawah or Sea Island.)

The average listing price for homes currently on the market in Alys Beach is $5.4m.

It could be $10M or $20M. That doesn’t make it like MV or Nantucket any more than Malibu is like them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are talking about quantity of good restaurants and proximity to luxury retail, there is no equivalent on the Atlantic coast north of Palm Beach. I dont know enough about Alys Beach etc. I've heard good things but cant' say.

Do people really go to the beach to go shopping? Shopping that could be done at home? I don't get that. Also Alys Beach is on the panhandle of FL in the redneck riviera. Not remotely similar to Nantucket or MV (or Kiawah or Sea Island.)

It’s interesting how Dcumlandia immediately writes off “the South” as some impoverished backwoods locale. It really makes you look foolish given the rather obvious wealth both in terms of the residents/visitors and amenities.

And yes, some of us enjoy eating at nice restaurants and indulging in some shopping while on vacation. It certainly beats the heck out of staying put in a rental and cooking.

Who said anything about cooking?

But the presence (or absence) of a LV store is not what makes a vacation town nice or not. Not does the median home price.

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Ny parents have a home in Kiawah, my spouse’s have one on MV. The two are nothing alike, not even remotely.

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Anonymous wrote:Ny parents have a home in Kiawah, my spouse’s have one on MV. The two are nothing alike, not even remotely.

Yes the whole premise is silly. Both are old money destinations but the NE and the South have little else in common.