How did you Happy Few decide where to build and make the scene? Which was your favorite estate? Did you inherit your wealth? Any sexy gossip?
Newport – the most famous “cottage” colony
Berkshires – Lenox & Stockbridge estates (Choate, Carnegie, etc.).
Adirondacks – “Great Camps” on Saranac & Raquette Lakes (Durant, Vanderbilt).
Hudson River Valley – estates of old Knickerbocker families.
Long Island North Shore – “Gold Coast” mansions at Oyster Bay, Glen Cove, etc.
The Hamptons, Long Island South Fork – Southampton & East Hampton summer colonies.
Bar Harbor & Mount Desert Island – summer colony of Morgans, Rockefellers, Pulitzers.
Hot Springs, Virginia
Jekyll Island - (Pulitzer, Rockefeller, Morgan, etc.).
Palm Beach
and more.