undeveloped eastern seaboard in may

You're talking mostly about swamps along the coast (which are largely protected) and privately owned lands. A simple look at a map reveals that and experience in parts of the area confirms it. Beyond that combo of isolation, an airbnb, with a supermarket 30 minutes away really doesn't work.

Cape Cod even in the 80s was pretty developed.

"You're talking mostly about swamps along the coast". No, I'm talking about sandy beachfront facing ocean. But, as I said, much of this is on barrier islands, which people leave out in their impressions of how much of the coast is developed because they never see it. This can be seen clearly on a satellite view 'tour' up the coast from Florida border north.

https://www.fws.gov/charleston/pdf/PIPL/The%20Status%20of%20Sandy%20Oceanfront%20Beach%20Habitat%20In%20The%20Coastal%20Migration%20And%20Wintering%20Range%20Of%20The%20Piping%20Plover.pdf

There are approximately 159 miles (49%) of the North Carolina sandy, oceanfront beach that are developed; 167 miles are undeveloped (NC DENR 2011).

The South Carolina Adapting to Shoreline Change report found that 51% (93 miles) of the 182 miles of sandy, oceanfront beach in the state has been developed. Approximately 89 miles (49%) are undeveloped, of which just over 13 miles are considered developable (SC DHEC 2010).

There are approximately 90 miles of sandy, oceanfront beach in Georgia, of which only 17% is developed. Nine of 13 barrier islands are “uninhabited places of coastal wilderness” that are completely undeveloped,

The approximately 809 miles of sandy, oceanfront beach in Florida is roughly 57% developed and 43% undeveloped, with the Atlantic coast more developed (63%) than the Gulf coast (51%) (Tables 12 and 13).

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