Hamptons’ true colors show in autumn offseason

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In the Fall, the off-season for that traffic-choked summer hot spot known as the Hamptons is a quieter place — a little ghostly and decidedly small-townish.

Springs General Store in Springs, a wooded hamlet in the town of East Hampton, N.Y. In the Fall, the off-season for that traffic-choked summer hot spot known as the Hamptons is a quieter place — a little ghostly and decidedly small-townish. (Eric Striffler/The New York Times)

Ditch Plains beach in Montauk, N.Y. (Eric Striffler/The New York Times)

Fishing boats at the docks in Montauk Harbor, Montauk, N.Y. (Eric Striffler/The New York Times)

Marie Valenti, a marine biologist, at the Fish Farm, where you can get chowder, seaweed salads, and a lobster roll, near Amagansett., N.Y. (Eric Striffler/The New York Times)

Montauk Manor, which was built in the 1920s as a grand resort, and is now a condominium-hotel, in Montauk, N.Y., (Eric Striffler/The New York Times)

The Montauket Hotel’s bar, favorite spot for watching the sun set, in Montauk, N.Y. (Eric Striffler/The New York Times)

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Springs General Store in Springs, a wooded hamlet in the town of East Hampton, N.Y. In the Fall, the off-season for that traffic-choked summer hot spot known as the Hamptons is a quieter place — a little ghostly and decidedly small-townish. (Eric Striffler/The New York Times)

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