In a scathingbroadside against Long Island's most coveted summer destinations, reality television personality and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel has castigated the Hamptons' premier enclaves as tedious and congested with gridlock, professing her predilection for the comparatively unheralded town of Westhampton.

"For me the juice is not worth the squeeze going all the way out to Montauk or Amagansett — [you] couldn't give me a house there," the 55-year-old former "Real Housewives of New York City" luminaryproclaimed on Facebook Wednesday, employing her characteristiccandor to articulate what many seasonaldenizens have contemplated but few have voiced so bluntly. nypost.com

Frankel's diatribezeroed in on the notorious traffic bedlam that plagues the East End during summer months. "I was speaking to someone yesterday who lives in Amagansett and she said she doesn't go into the town of Amagansett because the traffic is so bad, same thing with East Hampton," she recounted, underscoring the magnitude of the infrastructurebreakdown. nypost.com

The reality star accentuated her point with colorfulhyperbole: "Billionaires can fly in — but they can't f-ing fly to the supermarket," she remarked, illustrating that even the most affluent individuals cannot evade the logjam that paralyzes the region's thoroughfares. nypost.com

Rather than endure such insufferable conditions, Frankel has transferred her allegiance to Westhampton, a picturesque municipality approximately 105 minutes from Manhattan that remains comparatively unencumbered by the celebrityphenomenon that has saturated its eastern counterparts. nypost.com

"Westhampton….is a cute town, like it's my favorite town, it's on the beach and there are farm stands," she described, enumerating the amenities that appeal to her pragmaticsensibilities. "You can get in and out of the city, you can get to and from airports and you don't have to be suffocated and a prisoner in your home due to traffic." She added, "It can be an hour and a half to travel within the Hamptons. Ain't nobody got time for that. For me, I'm betting on all the places closest to the city." nypost.com

Local denizens have affirmed Frankel's assessment, noting that Westhampton has experienced a surge in prominence in recent years. "It's getting the recognition that it definitely deserves," Westhampton pizzaiolo Michael Brunetti stated, quipping with wryamusement: "We have a beautiful windmill now, so people are going to think when they come to town that they're in Bridgehampton — except for the three-hour drive they saved." nypost.com

Brunetti elaborated on the paradigmshift: "Anything west of the Shinnecock Canal wasn't really considered the Hamptons. But now I'm meeting a lot of folks that are venturing out here." He continued, "People, especially young people, are really discovering the beauty of Westhampton Beach… and we do have our share of celebrities," acknowledging that the town's exclusivecachet is growing. nypost.com

Frankel's censure of the Hamptons' most glamorous outposts reflects a broader trend among affluent summer sojourners who are seekingtranquilalternatives to the overwrought eastern towns. Her candidcommentaryresonates with those who have grownweary of the pretension and logistics that have come to characterize the region's summer scene.