But now the world is undergoing a second-home boom: an increasing number of people are buying vacation homes in beautiful and fun places that are within a few hours’ flying time from their first homes and jobs. Their second homes are a retreat where they will spend only a fraction of the year, and recently pristine mountain ridges and ocean cliffs are being dotted with new homes to meet the demand.
但如今第二住宅的势头正劲：越来越多的人在风景秀丽、令人神往的地方购买度假住宅，而后者一般离他们的工作和居住地点只有几个小时的航程。他们的第二住宅不过是度假地点，房主们一般只在一年中逗留很短的时间。近年来，古朴的山脊和海边峭壁盖起了零零星星的宅邸，来满足人们日益增长的需求。