There is no beachfront in Lakewood, Skip. I don't agree with your
analogy.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Skip Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> The Fish has got your answer -- Lakewood; take a test drive and
visit
> your vision.
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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