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

WSJ: Step by Step to Love

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.

BBC: Living in: New York

Mitte is the most popular, being the first area colonized after the Wall came down, and now the most sought-after place to live for everyone from moneyed ex-pats to the German pied-a-terre buyer.

BBC: Living in: Berlin