Hamptons: Real?

Hi All,

I'm currently in college right now, and I was just wondering how many finance people actually are able to own a place in the Hamptons. And if so when in their career are they able to do so.

Thanks!

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The Hamptons are actually not a real place. Can't even find it on a map.

It is high finance code for underground sex dungeon parties.

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"CREsyndication" I'm 34 years old. One of my buddies from high school, also 34, works on the Street. He owns and lives in Manhattan Monday through Friday. He also owns a place in the Hamptons he bought at age 32-33 and lives there on the weekends. He has a wife and two kids....so I guess its obtainable around that point.
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Hamptons are fake news. It's the little Santa Claus story that MDs tell their associates and analysts. "Murder those 80 hour weeks and someday you too will have a spot in the Hamptons."

 

Maybe in the 80s the Hamptons were real; back in the good ol days of greed and Gordon Gekko. Now it's nothing more than a Timeshare cesspool.

 

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By the time you can afford ANY $5m property, you'll probably be old and annoyed by the people that go there to party. If you're in college, focus on getting a job in NYC that can support you summering near the dope bars first. I've only gone for long weekends but there are guys that drop like $30k for a summer. Must be nice. 

There are lots of properties in the Hamtons that don't cost $5mm.  If you want a home that might be in a movie, or a mansion on the beach, it's gonna cost you eight figures.  But there are small-lot homes away from the beaches which can be bought for under a million dollars.

 

Why the fuck would anyone want to summer in the same place as all their coworkers? My family has been summering in an off-the-grid compound in southern Maine since 1902 and the Hamptons can suck my dick.

 

Just a thought....you probably only want to own a weekend getaway when you get to the point in your career where you can actually get away for the weekend on a regular basis....

 

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