the Sanctuary hotel is owned by billionaire Bill Goodwin) and preppy pizazz. But more recently, actual Westchester residents, and New Yorkers more generally, have begun to flood its beaches. “We wanted a place that had warm winters and allowed us to just sit and look at the ocean,” said Nicholas Cianciola, a 65-year-old retired consultant who lives with his wife Barb, a 63-year-old social worker and their pet vizsla, Oliver, in Pound Ridge, NY. “We had looked [for a second home] in Miami down by Bal Harbour, and it was too crowded, too hot and too expensive.”Like thousands of New Yorkers, the Cianciolas have witnessed the price of vacation properties soar in New England — with one East End home selling for nearly $150 million last.
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