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Contents 1 Poverty in the Hamptons 2 Literature about the Hamptons 3 Migrant Workers 4 Article reads like a travel brochure 5 Southampton 6 Article Slammed By Newsday

[edit] Poverty in the Hamptons

Montauk isn't in the hamptons? what about quogue? (Any time some TV show says they have something "in the hamptons" it's in quogue)

I'm sorry it most certainly is not. Montauk maybe but Quogue no. Quogue is not a hampton.

And this fails to mention that there are still many many middle class to lower class people living in the hamptons (especially hampton bays - called "the poor hampton").

Grievre 19:52, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Someone should tone down the paragraph about people who are forved to move out due to the government's fear of allowing affordable housing. It's POV. Rhobite 04:51, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

This was obviously written by someone against the fact that people are being forced to move out, It is POV. 24.90.128.71 02:05, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Literature about the Hamptons

• The Great Gatsby, which was listed in this section, is not about the Hamptons.

[edit] Migrant Workers

Even in supposedly affluent East Hampton, there are large numbers of migrant workers from countries such as Colombia and Ecuador, who move there to take advantage of the construction industry spawned by the presence of the upper-class. Huh? supposedly ? affluent. Firstly, its no secret that the Hamptons are extremely affluent, not supposedly. Secondly, It comes as no surprise to me as someone living in an affluent area that there are migrant workers. As in most parts of the US the migrant workers flock to the affluent areas for several reasons. One, there is rarely a lack of construction work both homes and commercial. Two, generally speaking affluent people employ other people do to yard work, landscaping, maitnence work etc. And these are jobs that today many Americans wont do. Three, there are usually, reasturants, malls, hotels etc. where migrant workers can usually find employment. Mac Domhnaill 23:04, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article reads like a travel brochure

There's good information in this article, but the tone is that of a travel brochure with lines like these:

Southampton has a decidedly colonial feel, and its Job Lane's shopping district oozes chic.

Many oldtime fisherman continue to call Hampton Bays home. It enjoys access to Peconic and Shinnecock Bays as well as the Atlantic Ocean.

Could use a little cleanup. 216.98.197.149 00:05, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Southampton

It links to the English town instead of the Long Island counterpart and needs to be corrected. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Merlin33 (talk • contribs) 05:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC).

Thanks. I have fixed it. [1] PrimeHunter 15:49, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article Slammed By Newsday

This particular article was slammed by Newsday on April 17, 2007 for numerous errors. Read the article. This article is clearly written by folks who don't know what they are writing and don't cite sources -- all violations of Wiki policy. This article should say nothing but that the Hamptons consist of Southampton (town), New York and East Hampton (town), New York. Everything else here is speculation. Further it's impossible to keep up with the revolving door of Hamptonites. The damage is now done. Thanks alot. Americasroof 20:33, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

The article that you refer to pointed out the following errors: 1) it suggests that Billy Joel and Martha Stewart do not have homes in the Hamptons (while Joel did sell a home in the Hamptons in 2000, as the Newsday article points out, it fails to mention that he then bought one in Sag Harbor, and is still residing and crashing cars in the Hamptons,[2] and similarly while Martha Stewart has sold one residence in the Hamptons, she still has a home in East Hampton,[3] 2) they suggest that the Wikipedia entry of the Montauk Point Lighthouse having been completed in 1792 is off by four years (well, Wiki is full of dates, and some will be wrong -- no reason to delete most of the article as you have done), and 3) they point out that while Vonnegut died on Wednesday (at 9:45, as it turns out [4], Wiki did not reflect that fact until Friday monrning (hey, not too shabby, in my opinion).

I don't have the time to parse through your gutting of the article now (hopefully someone else does), but just glancing at what you have done it is clearly an overreaction in my point of view. I see that someone has put the towns back at least. And clearly all of the movies belong -- just follow the wiki article, to the imdb article, and the source is there. That suffices. I hope that either you or someone else will put back the material that should be reinserted.

Thanks.--Epeefleche 07:45, 19 April 2007 (UTC)