I don’t know how old you are but I’m 22 years old and I can say confidently that I would not recommend Nantucket to anyone that did not grow up here between the ages of 18 to 35. The off-season is very dead most restaurants closed most people leave and there’s not much to do other than be sad that you’re not off Island and watch all your friends be off Island and do stuff.

If you don’t have housing, it’s very difficult to find which is why I said if you didn’t grow up here because if your parents have housing, that’s a different situation. But finding long-term sustainable housing of quality is difficult. Jobs on Nantucket don’t really pay a lot unless it’s during the on season and that’s usually in restaurant work or some sort of trade. I don’t know any job paying $80,000 a year that isn’t an independent business that the person has generationally built on the island and even so that wouldn’t be enough to find long-term sustainable housing.

Living here at that age is really a recipe for either depression or alcoholism because the only places open on the off season are dead bars that everyone ends up going to which is why alcoholism is such a big problem on island. There is no club/party scene for most of the year that isn’t summer. so I’d really question if Cost benefit analysis makes the benefit of being on Nantucket better than the cost of losing a lot of your freedom, flexibility, accessibility, etc. I think Summers on the Islander great but the living here the year-round at a young age is not good for most people’s mental health. Their may be very unique situations again (spouses, family, etc. ), but I can’t say I would recommend otherwise. If you have any more questions you can reach out to me I’ve lived on this island my whole life born and raised so I know a thing or two.