Subscriber only: What cities and vacation towns have in common

It's more than walkability, it's unaffordability

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I’m wrapping up summer this week on Eastern Long Island. It’s a beautiful region and I’ve been reflecting on my feelings about seasonal communities and their relationship to big cities.

The walkability of many resort towns, the old main streets, the pre-zoning housing that allowed for an array of housing sizes an…