Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.

Location/setting suggestions?

  • 28-12-2012 1:00am
    #1
    another question
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I hope this is in the correct place.

    Basically and simply I am looking for suggestions that anyone may have regarding beachside, affluent, residential areas around the world, English speaking.

    My idea of the setting is very much along the lines of The Hamptons, Long Island, New York but as it is so well known I would rather use somewhere else. Has anyone got any suggestion of somewhere which we be very close to the vision of The Hamptons, including the setting, community, the people (particularly the summertime rich visitors) and the long, sandy beaches.

    Any help much appreciated. Doesn't matter where in the world it is as long as English is the predominant language of the area. Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    EileenG
    Registered Users Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    What about La Jolla in California?


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,085 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Clifton, Hout Bay or Bantry Bay in the Cape Town Area?


  • #4
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    If you want somewhere that's almost identical to the Hamptons but is not the Hamptons, why not just set it in the Hamptons but change the location and its name to something fictional?

    Say "The Dunes" is identical in every way to the Hamtons, except its located in Northern California and is entirely fictional. It doesn't matter if it doesn't exist because your writing will let the reader know the sort of place it is.


  • #5
    baalthor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭baalthor


    Brittas Bay ? :D


  • #6
    Toasterspark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 273 ✭✭Toasterspark


    In fact, a fictional location gives you a chance to be a lot more creative with the surroundings, the landscape and the shops/bars/etc. in the area.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    SebBerkovich
    Registered Users Posts: 1,624 ✭✭✭SebBerkovich


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Clifton, Hout Bay or Bantry Bay in the Cape Town Area?

    Cape Town is a great suggestion, English speaking and affluent.
    also if you're looking for something less well established in people's minds i'd suggest Port Elizabeth, along the coast of South Africa on the Indian Ocean and very much like Cape Town in terms of it's residence and community.


  • #8
    ahayzer42
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭ahayzer42


    Cape Cod? I've been to Provincetown and it is one of the funkiest, coolest little places I've been. There's also Hyannis which is obviously steeped in its Presidential history, therefore lots of sources to find out more about it and it's a stone's throw over to Martha's Vineyard from there.


  • #9
    Kinski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭Kinski


    I find the idea that an affluent neighbourhood in a South African city could serve as a substitute for an American one more than a little bizarre - that's just shunting a story around as if the social and geographic context in which it unfolds has no relevance.

    A ficitonalised version of your original setting is a good idea. Or you could set it in Dalkey...:pac:


Advertisement