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New Jersey is defiantly Jersey strong. All the shore towns are open and running. They recovered quickly. I been to the shore all summer and noticed many people still coming to visit. The storm did not stop visitors from coming down to enjoy. Seaside is all rebuilt stronger then ever.
A woman on WABC news said only 1/2 the rides were up & running in Seaside. That's fine, but people shouldn't pretend it's business as usual.
A woman on WABC news said only 1/2 the rides were up & running in Seaside. That's fine, but people shouldn't pretend it's business as usual.
Not even half the rides. Casino Pier is about half opened, with more rides opening onto it every week or so from what I can tell at least towards the end of summer, but Funtown Pier won't open until next summer, if that. I don't think people are thinking it's business as usual. I think people are aware many areas aren't back 100%, but they're back enough to provide some entertainment. It'll be a while before it all comes back like it was before (especially as far as homes go), I'd give Ortley/Seaside area at least 5 years to be honest.
Meanwhile, in Wildwood and Belmar for example, it's practically like nothing every happened. Crazy.
New Jersey is defiantly Jersey strong. All the shore towns are open and running. They recovered quickly. I been to the shore all summer and noticed many people still coming to visit. The storm did not stop visitors from coming down to enjoy. Seaside is all rebuilt stronger then ever.
You guys should be lucky to have Christie as a governor. Had Corzine been in charge when the hurricane hit he probably would have outsourced the destroyed beaches to a bunch of banks. At least Christie gives a s&(# about the middle class in the state (which have been screwed royally for years.) And for the record I could really care less about the teachers union as they are a bunch of tax driving cronies at the end of the day. If you are living in NJ there really is no reason for the property taxes to be high -- bad weather, crummy roads, unions, corruption, mafia, tolls you name it, it's not a pretty place to be. At least Christie wants to TRY to make it a better place for the most part. Although it's hard to do that with the democrat heavy state legislature, political corruption, and the mob payoffs.
As for the shore, I feel bad for everyone who's lives have been affected by Sandy. It goes to show how our infrastructure failed us, similar to how building codes were neglected in Dade County before Hurricane Andrew in 1992. It's time to rebuild, learn, and move on. I do echo the comments about food and beach/parking rates being too high. If the state wants tourism to come back they have to create major incentives to do so. Taxing the living hell out of people is a reverse motive.
The sad thing is no matter how great the Jersey shore can be rebuilt to, it will never have anything on the beaches in Florida, Carolina's, Virginia, etc. That is the reality.
And please, some of you are pathetic with the B.O. comments. I'm willing to bet that some of you spend so much time on this forum that you probably forget to keep up with daily hygiene.
Who said NJ beaches are trying to be like those places? NJ is known for boardwalks (we invented them and have the longest in the world in AC) and our own shore culture, no one is trying to be like any other state. We've done just fine tourism wise (until this summer and with a few bumps in the road in the past - Syringe Tide anyone?) being NJ, lacking the warmer weather and water Florida has and the more untouched, natural beaches NC has. Eventually, the shore will start to feel normal again and maybe we can start to forget what happened years down the road, but the shore towns are just trying to bring back what was before Sandy. That's it. And people will still come like they always have, despite the fact that we're not Florida, the Carolinas, or Virginia.
Wowwwww -- first of all a typo, second of all a really cheap shot insult on your part. Real mature bub.
Nice to have the usual suspects keep the Jersey forum classy
I'm sorry that you misinterpreted my sincere congratulations on the courage that you have shown. Why you would interpret my words as a, "cheap shot insult", is a mystery to me.
Regarding a, "typo", there is a difference between a typographical error and a spelling error.
Here is the definition of a, "typo":
A typographical error (often shortened to typo) is a mistake made in the typingprocess of printed material. Historically, this referred to mistakes in manual type-setting (typography). The term includes errors due to mechanical failure or slips of the hand or finger, but excludes errors of ignorance, such as spelling errors.
In other words, hitting the key adjacent to the one that you intended to hit (for instance, hitting the, "s", instead of the, "d") is a typo. That is very different from spelling something incorrectly.
Try to think of it this way...You just learned something today that will help your employability, and that is an incredibly valuable thing. Some employers (me, for instance) administer tests of spelling and grammar, prior to hiring, and this new knowledge on your part might help you to gain employment.
If i drove my family 600 miles from Quebec to a half-built Seaside, I'd sue Christie and his entire family for that fraudulent commercial.
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