Reporting by the New York Times explores a recent trend of families moving to the quiet tourist area of North Fork, Long Island, and away from their hectic New York City lives.
For much of the North Fork’s history, being a local meant being born and raised here, perhaps staying to take over the family business. And while there have been plenty of outsiders coming to the 30-mile peninsula at the East End of Long Island over the last two decades to, say, work in the burgeoning wine industry, there’s another group beginning to trickle in, too: summer residents who decide to stay year-round, often finding inventive ways to commute, or not commute.
Some of the transports work from home or commute the 80 miles to their city jobs, while others have shifted to local work in restaurants, farms, and shops. The trickle has been significant enough to cause the schools to change: Despite good public schools in the area, North Fork local Liz Casey Searl started a private school in the town Riverhead to cater to the growing population. The school offers a project-based curriculum that uses experiential learning based heavily on the farms and waters of the North Fork.
