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but you seem like you are a snob, so oh well.. you can't help it.
Oh really?
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Originally Posted by Anthony314
I live in Long Beach and I can answer this question - the beach is more crowded than ever and that's the problem. The 12 bucks is population control.
Ever since the LIRR cancelled most of the bus service from Freeport to Jones Beach, Long Beach has been really the only option for those who live in NYC.
I have to say, the beach must be at least 30% more crowded than last year on any given day - even when I come home after work on a week day. Residents pay $50 bucks which hasn't changed. To be honest, I wish the city would raise it to $15 for individuals - it's just way too crowded.
You can't have a free beaches in NY. They would get too crowded. We have too many people living here.
oh and they can't charge for boardwalk access - that would be impossible since a lot of buildings open up on to it. If you don't like the beach charge, then please go to another beach. It's that simple. Nobody is making you come to Long Beach.
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Originally Posted by Anthony314
Good. Please don't come here than. I beg you not to come here ever again. In fact, Please tell everybody that Long Beach is crappy so less and less people come here. I hate you non-residents. You don't even know how to swim in the ocean.
(I guess this is in reference to the people who DIED on the beach? That's pretty shallow, man.. crappy thing to say)
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Originally Posted by Anthony314
I write a Long Beach blog and I get a lot of tips from residents and local government. That is the main reason for the $2 raise from last year. The beach is just way too crowded from the NYC overflow. If you notice, Jones Beach visits have been down because of the lack of public transportation due to the MTA cuts.
I live in Long Beach and I can answer this question - the beach is more crowded than ever and that's the problem. The 12 bucks is population control.
Ever since the LIRR cancelled most of the bus service from Freeport to Jones Beach, Long Beach has been really the only option for those who live in NYC.
I have to say, the beach must be at least 30% more crowded than last year on any given day - even when I come home after work on a week day. Residents pay $50 bucks which hasn't changed. To be honest, I wish the city would raise it to $15 for individuals - it's just way too crowded.
You can't have a free beaches in NY. They would get too crowded. We have too many people living here.
oh and they can't charge for boardwalk access - that would be impossible since a lot of buildings open up on to it. If you don't like the beach charge, then please go to another beach. It's that simple. Nobody is making you come to Long Beach.
Anthony, guess you weren't around back in the day, it's not population control, but selfishness and greed - high pricing to keep out the non-residents and $50 bucks for locals who already pay taxes.
Anyone remember SkeeBall, Fasicination, the rides at Edwards, kinish,ice cream and hot dog stands, etc. Today all you got is an evening stroll on the boards.
Long Beach had a healthy seaside/boardwalk business district from it's beginnings to the late 60's. 1970 saw the price for beach access
go from 50 cents a head to $5 per on the weekends. Long Beaches goal was to close down all boardwalk business to make way for the push to develope the beachfront into multi unit apartments as it is today.
No more tax paying business on the boards, over-pricing beach access to out of towners and higher property taxes has made Long Beach the city it is today.
BTW, Anthony, I'm a 1965 LBHS grad, my mom graduated LBHS in 1942
I'd rather pay $12 to get on a beach than go to a free one where all the riff raff can take a $1.50 bus ride to and get in for free.
I'm not one who goes to the beach often but when I do go, I want a place that's clean, peaceful, and not jam packed and I will gladly open my wallet to do so.
Anthony, guess you weren't around back in the day, it's not population control, but selfishness and greed - high pricing to keep out the non-residents and $50 bucks for locals who already pay taxes.
Anyone remember SkeeBall, Fasicination, the rides at Edwards, kinish,ice cream and hot dog stands, etc. Today all you got is an evening stroll on the boards.
Long Beach had a healthy seaside/boardwalk business district from it's beginnings to the late 60's. 1970 saw the price for beach access
go from 50 cents a head to $5 per on the weekends. Long Beaches goal was to close down all boardwalk business to make way for the push to develope the beachfront into multi unit apartments as it is today.
No more tax paying business on the boards, over-pricing beach access to out of towners and higher property taxes has made Long Beach the city it is today.
BTW, Anthony, I'm a 1965 LBHS grad, my mom graduated LBHS in 1942
yes, i do remember the boardwalk when it was fun... seidells, faber's fascination, the rides at edwards and izzy's knishes.... and jumping off the boardwalk at neptune (where the sand was high enough that i only thought i wouldn't get hurt when i hit) to get on the beach for free. this has been a debate since they started charging in the 50's (we didn't have to pay when i was very young so i'm not sure what year it started) to get on the beach. as kids, we couldn't wait for labor day when we got our beaches "back" again from the tourists and summer rentals. if you know anything about long beach you know that it's politics have always been filled with corruption with some really bad decision making to boot. as dickeylobster so correctly states here they ripped down the reasons for most people to come to long beach for a day or weekend. there were no hotels/motels in town until last year when the boardwalk was filled with them when we were kids. it's pretty sad when you have to have your high school reunion in rockville center because the damned town has no freaking hotel. can we all say "stupid"? it's taken the town from the 70's until relatively recently to recover from all those bad political decisions. then again i remember the local price for a resident beach pass being $25 in the 60's...so double that doesn't seem that high actually. try finding a house, car or anything that's only double what you paid in the 60's. i have since lived on beaches in both florida and california. except for the surf in front of the azores not comparing to the surf at malibu, i 'd say that long beach still has the nicer beach, but maybe i'm just hometown prejudiced.
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