| Musk can have Austin. Ellison can have Lanai. But for the New York elite, Palm Beach is beginning to look a lot like home—and the money is flowing. Drawn by warmer weather, lower taxes, and looser Covid restrictions—not to mention talk of a Goldman Sachs hub—an influx of families has seen houses sell sight-unseen. New nannies are being trained over Zoom on proper table service etiquette. Some 65 new students from the Northeast have been added to Palm Beach Day Academy at $28,900 a year. As a Sotheby's realtor put it in a letter clients: The median age is "dropping faster than SpaghettiOs from a toddler's highchair."  Palm Beach. Photographer: Sean Pavone/Getty Images The "season" is just beginning, with in-person parties, benefits, exotic car shows and concerts. New York galleries and restaurants—including Hamptons favorites Almond and Sant Ambroeus—have arrived, joining Mount Sinai and Hospital for Special Surgery in providing familiar comfort to anxious exiles. Much like the Hamptons in the 1980s, when bankers showed up en masse along with new clubs, new mansions and restaurants, the town's latest arrivals are exerting their influence in ways both subtle and obvious. The blue-bloods with their Lilly Pulitzer outfits are no longer the only game in town.  Sant Ambroeus. Photographer: Saul Martinez/Bloomberg Living Rich | 
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