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Just means you are getting older. The beaches are not empty, there are enough people willing to pay, so they might as well charge and have people cover the costs. Here are perfect examples against the case that "the beaches should be free, and they cost of the beaches can be covered by people spending money there." The prices they charged for food and drinks would have to be so high that people would just bring food or go somewhere cheaper (like the person not going to buy fook at jenks)
The beaches get crowded already, just think how bad they would be if they were free? I am sure people would be complaining about the lack of parking and insist that the local towns build parking decks. Everyone thinks someone should pay for things, just not them
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i think cape may is free.
you don't understand why people don't drive to LI or NE and shell out $12+ in tolls plus additional gas and time, or go to OBX or the DE for the weekend and pay those tolls and gas instead of driving less and paying a fee to go on the beach?
Cape May is definitely not free - been going there for over 30 years. A lot of beaches on Long Island charge, too.
Cape May is definitely not free - been going there for over 30 years. A lot of beaches on Long Island charge, too.
Not past Labor Day:
"Tags are required between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., from Memorial Day in May through Labor Day in September."[LEFT]
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Jenkinson's is the first I've ever heard of a Jersey beach charging after Labor Day.
Of course they are not 'superlative' there are better beaches in every ocean front state in the nation. Why they can charge and more importantly why people pay is the alternative (driving to Delaware) is not an option for most people on a day trip. Therefore we all reluctantly pony up the five bucks per person and enjoy a day at the beach.
Unless you're my grandfather, in which case you totally go off on the person demanding beach tags, and he backs away slowly and leaves you alone. Probably can't get away with it unless you're pushing 90 but still have the volume of a 30-year-old :-)
Unless you're my grandfather, in which case you totally go off on the person demanding beach tags, and he backs away slowly and leaves you alone. Probably can't get away with it unless you're pushing 90 but still have the volume of a 30-year-old :-)
See - even if I have to pay, someone pushing 90 should be free. Many ski places don't charge people who hit a certain age. If you're still enjoying these things at 80-90 you've done something right and there should be some reward.
When I was in college in the 80s me and my buddys had a ritual on Sat AM. Every Sat AM we use to drive up to Sandy Hook (gas was $1/gal in pre-Clinton times) to check out the nude beach then we'd eat 50c hot-dogs with chillie and drink Thunderbird all afternoon. By the end of the afternoon were all toasted and we drive back home. Total cost of Sat = $15 or less for 4 guys. In a way were all living the jersey shore lifestyle before it was famouse.
you don't understand why people don't drive to LI or NE and shell out $12+ in tolls plus additional gas and time, or go to OBX or the DE for the weekend and pay those tolls and gas instead of driving less and paying a fee to go on the beach?
Cape May is not free. I was just there a few weeks ago, and they charge to go on the beach as well.
We used to go to LBI every year. The year I turned 65 and went to buy beach passes for the family, I was told that I was entitled to a lifetime free pass. Showed them my driver's license and got my pass on the spot. Strangely, I've only been back to LBI once and it was so cold and rainy that we didn't do more than walk along the beach in sweats and hoodies.! Even the Pass Checkers stayed indoors.
Should the beaches be free? Sure, if you don't need life guards (they aren't volunteers), or trash cans, (or refuse collection trucks to empty them), or the beaches raked every morning, or public rest rooms. Most shore communities have some type of free entertainment weekly and while you don't have to pay, the entertainers would like to receive payment. The couple of dollars you pay for a beach pass helps to pay for your enjoyment of your day at the beach.
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