Wrightsville Beach COVID response disaster (how limited access makes the siuation MORE DANGEROUS) (Wilmington: buy, taxes)
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Bro, I paid $1.00, and then $1.00 more for another 30 minutes at the meter. Only stayed 1 hour. I would have stayed longer but it was a last minute trip and did not bring my board, towels, or chairs! We did not even know we would go to the beach, spontaneous. I did not see the $40.00 parking, but I would never pay to park at the beach anyway....
Bro..thats totally awesome sounds like you found one of those government meters
you know the ones that can be affected by your voting power
I was denied access to the government meters because they bagged them and shut down over half their lots
I could only find a few lots demanding $40 a day(no hourly) so I bailed and had a barbeque on the ranch instead
I and hundreds of others were denied acess because the government closed its lots durring one of the busiest days of the year and the fleecers came out
You DO have equal "acess" (sic). You just don't have equal parking rights, temporarily, due to a worldwide pandemic. Such is life. Be a good millennial and use Uber.
And you sound like an immature, whiny, entitled fellow. And at least I can spell correctly. Which today makes me "privilaged" (sic), I suppose.
You appear to not ever having spent an hour circling WB ,pre covid,to find a
parking space on a regular week day! can only imagine how it was this past weekend when a lot
of the meters where covered.
The situation there is beyond awful and it is true that the locals aspire to be
like figure eight island , a private beach.
Don't you live in Southport ? But travel often to WB so you know the situation there well?
No I don't think we should tear down multimillion-dollar homes and build high-rise parking structures
sounds like you taking my comments out of kellyanne Conway's spin book
I just think it's ridiculous that the government allows private operators to charge double the municipal rate for parking when the government has closed down all my tax-funded parking opportunities by placing a red bag over the meters and of course the obligatory 93 fiefdoms overseeing the whole scenario
as someone with a couple decades of Frontline beachfront Park management experience at the public and private level I have a pretty good idea of how to manage Beach visitation and that means having more parking available than what you expect your visitation to be never ever ever ever ever ever closing the majority of your parking over one of the busiest holidays of the year with perfect weather on the horizon
This is about the dumbest damn thing you could possibly do
Wrightsville Beach fail
When I lived in Collier county
(Naples FL)
Anyone who lived in the county could buy a year long beach pass for around 25$ per Season
You guys have characters running around Wrightsville Beach charging people $40 a day to park like some kind of third-world Mexican Shakedown is that really the kind of town you want to live in?
I'm usually in the water surfing at 7:30 in the morning to catch the best waves and avoid all the silly tourists but at 8:30 on Saturday this past weekend people were literally fighting over $40 a day parking spots... isn't it illegal to fleece people during a national emergency?
You are right on target , how do I know? Well I happen to know the locals on the beach involved
with the parking situation and trust me, the locals love having it all closed down for the lesser's.
Remember when Wilmington locals were begging for a bus to WB? Denied because they do not want
poor people to visit.
WB acts as if they are concerned about pollution but putting bus service in to help with car congestion?No way!
This year maybe we will see a change because who is going to pay the bills in WB when they don't have the parking fees to rely on?
Bro, I paid $1.00, and then $1.00 more for another 30 minutes at the meter. Only stayed 1 hour. I would have stayed longer but it was a last minute trip and did not bring my board, towels, or chairs! We did not even know we would go to the beach, spontaneous. I did not see the $40.00 parking, but I would never pay to park at the beach anyway....
I would love to know where that meter is located on WB ?? Do tell!
I don't think it's biggoted Southern plantation owners prancing around in white suits keeping me and all the Negras/mexicans out of the White Sands
I think it's predominantly wealthy thus powerful jerks from the Northeast who have spent all their Union laborer money down here to buy a little slice of paradise and now take advantage of all the dirty Southern laws that allow them to flex over the poor people who pay their taxes and work 6 days a week hoping to spend one day a week at the beach and not pay $40 a day for parking
I am sorry ,I know a ton of people that live there and they are most definitely
good old southern rich people. I mean they really are local and around NC state old money southern
people. You know the type that wears no socks in loafers.
You appear to not ever having spent an hour circling WB ,pre covid,to find a parking space on a regular week day! can only imagine how it was this past weekend when a lot of the meters where covered.
Very true. I value my time and my sanity far too much to engage in such a mindless activity.
Don't you live in Southport ? But travel often to WB so you know the situation there well?
Yes, I live in S'port and visit WB often and know the situation in WB quite well.
You appear to not ever having spent an hour circling WB ,pre covid,to find a
parking space on a regular week day! can only imagine how it was this past weekend when a lot
of the meters where covered.
The situation there is beyond awful and it is true that the locals aspire to be
like figure eight island , a private beach.
Don't you live in Southport ? But travel often to WB so you know the situation there well?
Great post
I'm not just some ticked off crestfall tourist
I have Decades of personal Frontline experience in beach park management in such cities as Boca Raton, Naples and International high-end Beach facilities
The situation in Wrightsville Beach is absolutely positively 100% third world
You are right on target , how do I know? Well I happen to know the locals on the beach involved
with the parking situation and trust me, the locals love having it all closed down for the lesser's.
Remember when Wilmington locals were begging for a bus to WB? Denied because they do not want
poor people to visit.
WB acts as if they are concerned about pollution but putting bus service in to help with car congestion?No way!
This year maybe we will see a change because who is going to pay the bills in WB when they don't have the parking fees to rely on?
I've only been in the area for about 5 years so I didn't know all that interesting information
If I ran the place I would have a shuttle running from a giant Municipal lot and you could get access to both for $25 a year paid by your taxes
that's what equal access looks like
It would result in a massive increase in visitation so that woukd never happen since the local Rich fat cat would prefer to have the tax-funded natural resource all to themselves
oh yeah those meters are easy to find you take a right at fantasyland and then take a left at make believe world
continue down make belive for about a half mile and you'll see them on the right just passed the fallacy store
the magical elves will clean and wax your car while you're surfing
lol
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