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It's Official:
The Hamptons Begins At The Shinnecock Canal.
All summer long, we've been asking ourselves this very important question:
Where does the Hamptons officially begin?
It was as much a philosophical question as a geographical.
There is no way Hampton Bays, Riverhead, FLANDERS (shudder) are part of the Hamptons.
Only people who vacation in Westhampton think they're 'in the Hamptons'.
Montauk didn't use to be part of the Hamptons, but that has changed in recent years (thanks, Surf Lodge).
I live in Westhampton, and I'd be very proud to say that Westhampton is NOT part of the Hamptons.
We are a laid back, friendly town, not overrun with stuck up, rude citidiots. :).
The villages of East Hampton and South Hampton are centuries old.
They became popular and chic vacation spots in the middle of the 20th century, and with an influx of money an rising property values, hamlets like Bridge Hampton, Sag Harbour and Amagansett began to be included under the rubric "the Hamptons."
And now, much later and very sadly, wonderful Montauk is finally joining them.
It's not a matter of restive or snobbery; t's just a matter of association.
'The Hamptons' meant the villages of East Hampton and Southampton, and eventually, the other hamlets between and around them.
All of these places are, basically, the area EAST of the canal.
Hampton Bays is the place right before the Hamptons.
If you want to be politically correct
(and a normal person), anything in
the town of East Hampton or South Hampton is part of the Hamptons and if you wanna be a prick, everything east of Southampton.
Now the polls are closed and the people have spoken.
The Hamptons officially begins at the Shinnecock Canal.
So although points west, like West Hampton, Quogue, and the Hampton Bays, are absolutely lovely places, the consensus among Curbed readers is that they are not part of the Hamptons.
But, depending on your point of view, this is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Curbed readers have some strong opinions about a question both philosophical and geographic: Where do the Hamptons begin? In the comments, a few readers seem to suggest that Amagansett is not part of the Hamptons, which is certainly provocative. Take a look at the comments and cast a vote on this important question here. [Curbed Hamptons]Where Does the Hamptons Actually Begin and End?
It's as much a philosophical question as a geographical one:
Where does the Hamptons begin?
The phrase "The Hamptons" was first used as a marketing term in the 1879 Handbook of Summer Travel, a promotional pamphlet for the then-newly extended Long Island Railroad, but it was never entirely clear exactly which towns were meant to be included (and certainly not what should be included in 2011).
Is Westhampton in or out? Is it "everything east of the Shinnecock canal"?
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