As I stand on the ghost beach that just days ago was full of people I reflect on what it means for this place to be my home instead of a vacation destination. Southampton is home to me, but to most people it is a place to get messed up and escape for a brief period of time. My family has lived here for generations since the early 1900’s. We have had six different houses around Southampton. Though I don’t live there year round, the Hamptons is home to me because it is there that I am surrounded by my family. I consider this my home not a vacation house, but according to people who live there year round, I’m not a local in Southampton. Some of the people consider me to be a rich prick New Yorker. It is odd to call someplace home but not truly belong. The feeling doesn’t go away when the beaches and town are full of people in the summer. I often feel like a man without a home.
Yes, I consider Southampton home but I feel strange and out of place sometimes. If you asked me where my real home was I’d say Palm Beach Florida, and I moved from there when I was nine year old. Honestly, to an extent I would say this is a temporary home for me for now and I hope to move back to Palm Beach in time. When I was living in Palm beach I was surrounded by friends and family, not to mention the better memories of my childhood. Even if I can’t move back right now, I still visit close friends and family friends when I am able to go for vacation.
Southampton, even though it can be terrible during the year, is still a place I consider home. It’s terrible during the year because my friends only live there during the summer. And then most of them only come on the weekends during the summer. During the winter and spring the only people that are there are the locals, and most of them are very strange. They love to do inappropriate things like drugs and having partys with under age drinking. Sometimes, if its in a bad area, they might even bring guns to the party. This is why I love Southampton – hah.
I will say this: I am a member of four different clubs in Southampton. If I wasn’t a member of the clubs then it would really be boring. The first club is the Meadow Club. This is the tennis club. It has 64 grass courts and a clink for younger kids. When I was younger and only came up to Southampton for the summer I went to that clink to get better at tennis. The second club is called the beach club. This is the place where everyone goes after tennis clink so we can eat and go in the ocean. Now that I’m older I really don’t go unless I have to or because my friends are there. The third club is Shinicock – a private golf course like Bulls Bridge. I personally don’t like to play at this particular place because they are stuck up. This leaves the final place: The National Club. This club is where I spend most of my day. The people that work at National are very nice and have a great sense of humor. I feel that I can look up to the people that work there because they give me great advice about how the world truly works. Honestly, I am glad that I live in Southampton, even if I don’t like it sometimes because it’s my home and I have to just live with it and adjust.
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