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I stopped going to the Jersey shore at least 15 years ago after my first trip to the eastern shores of Maryland. The beaches are free, and rents are half of what is payed in NJ for a comparable house. The little extra gas expense traveling further is worth the cost because of the larger savings in the overall vacation costs. Plus the houses are much newer and nicer compared to the older accomodations at the NJ beaches. In addition, tolls and trffic to get there are substantially less than that spent to get to the Jersey shore. I will never again vacation in NJ.
Yeah, there was just the one blinking light... I guess that I will have to find another earth end...
The sad thing is i'm only 20.... So i'm not that old , it was a 2 lane highway with 4 lights to get to Bridges.....now i don't even recongise it... My rural childhood in SE PA is being erased by sprawl and makes me
The sad thing is i'm only 20.... So i'm not that old , it was a 2 lane highway with 4 lights to get to Bridges.....now i don't even recongise it... My rural childhood in SE PA is being erased by sprawl and makes me
I feel your pain. My semi-rural, childhood small town of Midland Park in Bergen County was destroyed by the time I was in my 20's, as hordes of New Yorkers moved into the area, started razing every scrap of woods they could find, wedged oversized houses onto small lots, started running to the town crying like babies because the original, blue-collar residents who had lived there for generations had the nerve to fix their cars in their driveways and let dandelions remain on their lawns (I am not making this up--those were real complaints).
Places change. We have to adapt or move. I adapted for a while, then I moved. I don't miss my old hometown, though I go back to visit. It doesn't really exist anymore.
Oh, and to keep on topic, we have a photo of us as a family in 1964 in Beach Haven. My father took the b&w picture with his back to the ocean, and behind us on the beach there is nothing but sand dunes.
I feel your pain. My semi-rural, childhood small town of Midland Park in Bergen County was destroyed by the time I was in my 20's, as hordes of New Yorkers moved into the area, started razing every scrap of woods they could find, wedged oversized houses onto small lots, started running to the town crying like babies because the original, blue-collar residents who had lived there for generations had the nerve to fix their cars in their driveways and let dandelions remain on their lawns (I am not making this up--those were real complaints).
Places change. We have to adapt or move. I adapted for a while, then I moved. I don't miss my old hometown, though I go back to visit. It doesn't really exist anymore.
Oh, and to keep on topic, we have a photo of us as a family in 1964 in Beach Haven. My father took the b&w picture with his back to the ocean, and behind us on the beach there is nothing but sand dunes.
I know what you mean, my cousins life in Gloucester County, and we can't stand the people who move there from Philly, living into huge houses crammed into tiny lots who go complaining to city hall, sometimes trying to start lawsuits, because the nearby pig farms smells bad or the rail road tracks behind their house are noisy. Essentially, what they do is try and turn it into where they moved from, ticking off the locals and creating a HUGE feeling of resentment toward them.
I know what you mean, my cousins life in Gloucester County, and we can't stand the people who move there from Philly, living into huge houses crammed into tiny lots who go complaining to city hall, sometimes trying to start lawsuits, because the nearby pig farms smells bad or the rail road tracks behind their house are noisy. Essentially, what they do is try and turn it into where they moved from, ticking off the locals and creating a HUGE feeling of resentment toward them.
I can't stand people like that! Seriously, these people know what there getting into (in terms of community setup) when they move into a new community. Or at least they should know before they move in. If the newbies don't like the "noisy" railroads and pig farms, then maybe they shouldn't be living there in the first place. There's nothing wrong with improving community life for the greater good, but changing the community lifestyle against the locals wishes is something entirely different.
Kind of like when the people of Union County didn't want the railroad running through their backyards. The tracks have been there for years way before a lot of the newer home owners have been. But yet they didn't want it, wasn't that a question at the time of buying? will those tracks ever be in service again? they are still there thats always a possiblity that one day they might. Lucky for those people that RR idea fell apart.
Kind of like when the people of Union County didn't want the railroad running through their backyards. The tracks have been there for years way before a lot of the newer home owners have been. But yet they didn't want it, wasn't that a question at the time of buying? will those tracks ever be in service again? they are still there thats always a possiblity that one day they might. Lucky for those people that RR idea fell apart.
I stopped going to the Jersey shore at least 15 years ago after my first trip to the eastern shores of Maryland. The beaches are free, and rents are half of what is payed in NJ for a comparable house. The little extra gas expense traveling further is worth the cost because of the larger savings in the overall vacation costs. Plus the houses are much newer and nicer compared to the older accomodations at the NJ beaches. In addition, tolls and trffic to get there are substantially less than that spent to get to the Jersey shore. I will never again vacation in NJ.
What are some nice towns on the Maryland shore?
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