This article is well titled “Welcome to the Jersey Shore. Now Go Home.” which rings familiar,  when I visited one of my friends in Delaware, we were browsing an antique store, as we left I thanked the owner.. he replied “Come back when you got money”. This is a common attitude on the east coast, one we (my husband & I do not miss)… and this shore attitude is very familiar to me..

Charging for use of a stretch of beach, and if you cross to another owner’s territory be prepared to pay again. Plus a 2 hour limit on parking.

Now I have never desired to enter the New Jersey beach zone.. but I love the comments to this article, that cite New Jersey rates a 2/5 for beach pollution.. gee I would want to pay for that (note sarcasm). Plus these “private” pay to use beaches do not have public bathrooms.. humm wonder where all that pollution comes from (ewww).

Their tactics include charging as much as $12 to use the beach for a single day, severely restricted or nonexistent parking near the beach; the lack of restrooms and showers; a ban on food and drinks on the beach, and physical barriers preventing the public from reaching the sand.

These fees began in 1955.. wow imagine how much they have hauled in over the years? These fees are supposed to go to maintained the beach and any repairs (from nature)… but it does not, when something happens they whine for the government to fix it (hum sounds familiar huh?). I do wonder how they use that money and if they report it??? humm.

New Jersey gave its shore towns the ability to charge for beach access in 1955. The fees were supposed to pay for maintaining and operating beaches, but some towns have used the charges to keep out-of-towners away.

When you live on the shore, do you really think you are going to be in a quiet, peaceful & private place? Might was well built on a target range, you will have the same “peace” there. Beaches are noisy.. people are noisy, traffic is noisy. Homes are very packed in.. so privacy is limited if any.

I never understand how people find beaches to be relaxing… it just a matter of moments before a ball hits you in the face (hoping it is not a part of a male’s anatomy, as close as everyone packs in onto a beach it just may be), or someone stepping on you, your blanket etc, the constant concern what is in your space you set up won’t be stolen or “reclaimed” by someone else. These are some of my beach memories, as people would literally lay their blanket over yours and claim your spot, step on you if you were laying on your blanket, or just steal it … Add the nasty smell of dead sea creatures (I could always smell that) the sand that finds its way into places it has not right to be, plus just the general rude and pushy atmosphere of a beach. Yep not a fan.

Welcome to the Jersey shore. Now go home. | delawareonline | The News Journal

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