Fire Island vs. P-Town

Depends on your age and looks.

If you're young and hawt, FI. If you're nawt, P-town.

Better for what?

Summer peaches and eggplant, Rose.

P-town for sure

for Sound of Music sing-alongs?

Each location has its merit. But Ptown is much more of a community, more people-watching, and Commercial Street is just full of activity. Fire Island is very nice, but you don't get much of a sense of fun and community walking on the board walks of the Pines. Cherry Grove is different than the Pines, but not quite Ptown.

Both Ptwon and Fire Island is ridiculously expensive. They're just too much.

Both very different. Fire Island is almost exclusively gay. PTown is 50% straight.

FI more sexually charged. . PTown more relaxed

I like the PTown vibe better

I can't deal with Fire Island. P-Town is a delight.

What R7 said. I’ve been to both places countless times. P-Town for me.

Ptown used to be 90 percent gay.

Apples and oranges. For me, the experience of Provincetown is nothing like the experience of Fire Island. I don’t find one necessarily better than the other.* Just very different.

What draws me to Provincetown is nothing like what draws me to Fire Island. Off season, I love both. In season, I’d rarely visit either place.

*Of course, much of what makes Fire Island special also makes it undesirable as a place to live. As holiday destinations, both can be wonderful. But obviously Provincetown is way more attractive as a place to settle down. Fire Island has virtually no infrastructure for year-round living.

Two different towns. You should experience both.

They don't compare. They are nothing alike. You may prefer one over another or like them both as do I. But Ptown and FI are just different.

Palm Springs

Both are AIDS-riddled.

Any version of Ptown's Dick Dock at Fire Island?

One poster above said Fire Island is more sexually charged -- so it might have something similar to a DickDock?

Oh, here in the Boston area and probably in Provincetown itself, it seems some (all?) people call it Ptown, not Provincetown. Even on the local tv weather maps, whenever they give its temperature (maybe just in summer?).

r16 I hear the formal name is Uriinetown.

R16 apparently the meat aisle in local supermarket is very cruisy, and the shop stays open 24/7. How convenient!

I find the housing situation on Fire Island far more complicated. Hard to go just for a weekend or a week

[Quote] Any version of Ptown's Dick Dock at Fire Island?

Sadly the apps have ruined much of that scene, even on Fire Island

I’ve been taking a yearly trip to PTown for the last decade at least. Unfortunately, the housing prices are getting out of control. Thankfully, I’ve stayed at the same place for most of that time—and the landlord has kept my rate low, but everything around me has gone nuts. I’m sure my landlord won’t keep my rates down much longer

R19 Not if you put out more. There’s many a Caftan owner looking to take someone under their wing and showcase them around the pool.

Which ones is better for lesbians?

P-town, R23

We ❤️ both! Our legs never touch the floor! And NO RUBBERS!!!

Palm Springs

[quote]Which ones is better for lesbians?

Hackensack.

Fire island at Ocean Beach is the real hot spot..so many straight and bi daddies looking to get away from their wives and kids for a bit of 🍆