Then with your assumptions, please explain to me the decades of
success of places that were never "tourist" attractions like Sea
Girt, Allenhurst, Monmouth Beach, Avon, Brielle, Loch Arbor. Why
are they not failing as you assert Belmar is right now?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/10/05 2:41 PM, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Lightly,
> >
> > Please consider that Long Branch was never a place that depended
> > upon Asbury Park - it was always a busier City, and when both
Cities
> > were in their hayday, Long Branch had the wealthier clientele.
> >
> > As for Belmar over the last 25 years, they were the tourist draw
> > around these parts. They didn't need Asbury Park for anything.
> >
>
>
> Sorry, but I live in Belmar (and work in Asbury Park). I've lived
in Belmar
> for almost 20 years now and Main Street has never been in worse
shape. The
> change to residential has severely hurt the downtown. There are
vacant
> storefronts all up and down the town. Even people in charge are
beginning
> to say that they may have went too far in changing the town (see
the Coast
> Star a month ago).
>
> Beachfront towns should learn from things like this. Belmar may
have been
> known as a party town, but tourism helped the town get through the
year.
> We're struggling now. For any beach town to abandon the tourist
attraction
> of the beach is simply absurd.
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