Most of the bungalow colonies have been demolished or taken over by various chassidus for camps or summer gathering points for subsets of their tzibur. While a few have been renovated, most are in a really sad state of disrepair and are certainly not “luxury vacation villas” which is how I saw one particular place I know in Kiamesha Lake advertised. I think the younger generation of frum yidden is not as interested in packing up the family at the end of June and running off to the “mountains” and instead have discovered that NYC is actually a fun place in the summer when everyone else has run off to the Hamdens on weekends. The NYS Thruway staff have informally indicated that the turnout at the Thursday night minyanim at the rest stop just over the Bridge are slightly smaller this year than in past years, not that is a reliable indicator.
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