Summer Money: Beach houses, private parties, old families, and seasonal escapes where everyone pretends they’re more relaxed than they are. Out east, luxury is expected and discretion is usually just another performance.

Distance and Quiet: Cabins, estates, small towns, and country retreats far enough from the city to feel like another life. People go upstate to disappear, reset, or take things with them they’d rather not leave in Manhattan.

For threads taking place outside New York and beyond the tri-state area.