Well, duh. But seriously, a beach home or downtown pied-a-terre can be pretty tempting.

一个海边别墅或者一个市中心的房子是一个很不错的选择。

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They own a cottage in Scotland and a house in London as well as a pied-a-terre in Paris.

他们在苏格兰有一村舍，在伦敦有一所房子，在巴黎还有一套备用公寓。

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Rather than simply buy a pied-a-terre in an enviable locale by which to park money as a long-term investment, more wealthy buyers are snapping up properties that they can rent out as income-producing assets.

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"I buy all my clothes in thrift shops, " noted Ms. Reist as they sat in his Upper East Side pied-a-terre.

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Many pied-a-terre owners buy in the Upper East or West Side and it is worth checking out Turtle Bay, a separate enclave in the east 40s near the UN.

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