Posted on 08/08/2025 6:47:09 AM PDT by dennisw
An Oklahoma heiress has sparked outrage in Nantucket after renting a summer house and allegedly breaking the billionaire enclave's secret codes.
Kylie Swanson, 36, signed a lease in the Massachusetts town and turned the rental house into a $3,800 four-day retreat called 'Camp Nantucket.'
Her Instagram account is filled Swanson posing by with cobblestone streets, ocean-front estates and lighthouses, showing her followers a lifestyle that's out of reach for most.
But Nantucket business owners who rely on summer sales told the Wall Street Journal the influencer disrupted them by demanding free products, comped hotel rooms and discounts for the camp in exchange for social media advertising.
Residents also complained that Swanson brought in vendors from outside Nantucket, where there is an unspoken rule that shopping must be done locally.
As locals see it, Swanson was a so-called 'washashore' who did not understand their culture.
'She basically asked us if we would plan the whole thing for free,' said Mary Goode, a business owner who interacted with Swanson.
'It wasn't offensive to me as much as I realized she didn't understand Nantucket, and how we have 10 weeks to make money,' she said of the summer season trade.
Amid the outrage, an anonymous Instagram account called the Nantucket Brief called out the influencer, calling her the 'Nantucket scammer.'
Meanwhile the owner of an online boutique took to Reddit, claiming she sent Swanson about $400 worth of hats in exchange of social media promotions she never got.
However Swanson, the daughter of a car dealership magnate, defended her Nantucket presence, telling the WSJ: 'My family has Oklahoma money, but it's not Nantucket money.'
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Unless youre a minority then you get high fives and free drinks.
I got that she was the one paying the rent. Was it $3800 for four days, or did she sublet to someone else?
I had visions of her figuring out the combination to someone’s safe rather than bringing in vendors from the mainland.
It has to be the right kind of minority.
There was no subletting
I guess 36 is the new 46.
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