Without a change, Enron executives will "continue to live in multimillion-dollar mansions, even as their former employees struggle to find a new paycheck or to cover their rent."

In Los Angeles, about 25 homeowners, including some with deeds to multimillion-dollar mansions, were putting their homes on the block or trying to back out of deals.

"They can be custom-built to any size - from the smallest little ranch to the hugest multimillion-dollar mansion."

Rye does have several extremely exclusive neighborhoods, such as Manursing Island, a gated community of multimillion-dollar mansions, most of which occupy beachfront property.

Under the Town of Southampton's zoning code, not even the owners of multimillion-dollar oceanfront mansions are immune from the ban.

No wonder the poor young fellow is talking about retiring to his multimillion-dollar mansion and holding a family reunion.

That currently protects several former Enron executives with multimillion-dollar mansions who might eventually be forced into bankruptcy court by shareholder lawsuits or criminal charges.

Only a mile or so from the blighted boardwalk lies the tony Elberon section, indistinguishable from neighboring Deal with its multimillion-dollar seaside mansions.

The township's 9,000 or so single-family houses range from small 750-square-foot Cape Cods, ranches and prewar colonials near the center of town to multimillion-dollar mansions.

"I sell multimillion-dollar spec mansions, and I'd just had the best quarter in my life," Mr. McKinney said.