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[quote=Anonymous]My parents have a summer house which is also on the beach up in coastal New England. In our summer community the mom and the kids drove up the day after school ended and returned the day before school started. Dads came up whenever they could, a mixture of weekends and several long weeks off. We rarely ever saw our "city" friends during the summer but had a second set of summer friends from the other families the community.

I still remember those summers with fondness and my parents still summer in the house and the only difference is that they now go up in the beginning of June and stay through September for my father is retired.

It is a lifestyle. I don't recall getting bored during the summers and had my first summer jobs up there and even summer romances. But we never tried to keep one foot in the city and one foot at the beach, so there was no balancing of sports activities or town activities with the beach or constant driving back and forth, except for the commuting dads and they mostly took flights. From September through end of school we lived in the "city" and were fully engaged with schools and friends and sports at home.

And it's also a lifestyle you really want because it's not cheap. Owning two houses, constant wear and tear from the sea air, always needing a maintenance man to keep an eye on the property during the winter, the hustle and bustle in opening up and closing down the house, dealing with renters if you elect to rent for a few weeks as my parents did every now and then so we'd go abroad. And when you're at the beach, worrying about the other house. It's a commitment. With the right circumstances it can be a great thing to have, but if you don't have the right circumstances or even personality, a summer house can be a headache. [/quote]

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