Its beach nearly gone, waterfront home in Nantucket sells for just $600k. What does the sale say about the island's future?

On an island where waterfront homes are usually reserved for the wealthy few, word that a lovely seaside retreat was on the market for just $600,000 — a price that seemed to be missing a zero — raced across Nantucket this winter.

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