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An island without a golf course is never going to be as popular an island with one. Block Island was popular in the 90’s as place where people from the Hamptons would go with their mistresses. The decline of hedge fund money has definitely driven down the property values - you can get a house well under a million now.
I was at a wedding on Martha's Vineyard once and the caterers were remarking how the event was very low on the social scale. They were engaging in this conversation while I was in the buffet line along with other guests. I politely inquired if the event would be considered socially above the wedding of two gay caterers?
But the social strata of any given destination is of little concern to Joe. I like Block Island even though I've encountered the most impolite people there. The beauty of being a miscreant is that the one's position within society does not enter into the equation when evaluating where to go - there's a certain freedom that comes when one realizes they can't be more of an outcast than a complete outcast.
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