> The fact is that they never tried
> to be tourist attractions. They are largely family residential
towns
> although I wouldn't put Sea Girt in that list.
It appears you are conceding that a residential town on the beach
without tourism can and does work. That is what I want for Asbury
Park. I was here when it was a tourist attraction, and it's
magnificence has been greatly over-romanticized by the people who
never saw it. It will be better as a residential community on the
beachfront.
That's why I support the incumbents.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/10/05 4:41 PM, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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?
> >
>
> I believe you answered your own question. The fact is that they
never tried
> to be tourist attractions. They are largely family residential
towns
> although I wouldn't put Sea Girt in that list.
>
> Asbury Park was known and is still known throughout the world for
the beach
> and for music. It's a shame to throw all of that away simply
because it may
> be "difficult" to become a tourist attraction again. When I was
young, kids
> went to Asbury Park and Long Branch and rarely went to Point
Pleasant. That
> town now gets more tourist revenue than many towns could dream
about. I do
> not see any reason why a town like Asbury Park couldn't regain its
stature.
>
> The difference is that I believe tourism can help solve many of
Asbury
> Park's economic problems. Meanwhile the lessening of tourism has
deeply
> affected the economic problems of my town (Belmar) although as
correctly
> pointed out, the value of our houses has increased dramatically.
How long
> that will happen with a disappearing Main Street has yet to be
seen.
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