I think one of the big problems we have here in AP is virtually no jobs at all for the kids on summer break. Pt. does a great job with that. Having a job for the summer teaches kids responsibility at a young age. I don't even like to think of the alternatives that kids in AP have to deal with. I started working at 15 and a half years old, at Ft. Monmouth doing a variety of things that I pretty much hated, and I didn't realize till a bit later in life that the discipline and pride that I learned back then helped make me the person I am today.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i'm in point pleasant and this is the reason i come up to AP! > > On Jul 10, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Hinge wrote: > > > I have an easy answer to this subject... > > Just take a drive to Pt. Pleasant Beach any day this summer (non rainy > > of course) > > You'll see tons of people and you will have to pay semi-big bucks > > to park. > > The boardwalk is packed. > > The food vendors are making a killing selling $6 French Fries, $8 > > burgers and $6 Hot Dogs. > > After the daytime fun is done, the beach bars are also packed. > > All the people who were smart enough to buy land to use as parking are > > profiting. The city is profiting. The retailers etc. are making money. > > Meanwhile, the AP beach is still the best kept beach secret around, > > with free parking, uncrowded beaches and boardwalk. Lot's of potential > > retail and entertainment spaces not really being used, and virtually > > no money being pumped back into the city. Not only that, but our > > waterfront really isn't providing many jobs for the locals the way the > > Pt. beach does. > > Sad. > > > > -- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Mario" <MarioAPNJ@> wrote: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ., Maybe you're > > > right, But I hope this kind of "stability/reliability" doesn't > > stall our > > > rebirth. I can't find any studies showing tourism less stable than > > > this: ============================================= July 9, 2007 > > > Increasing Rate of Foreclosures Upsets Atlanta By VIKAS BAJAJ > > > > > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/ > > vikas_baja\ > > > j/index.html?inline=nyt-per> > > > ATLANTA Despite a vibrant local economy, Atlanta homeowners are > > > falling behind on mortgage payments and losing their homes at one > > of the > > > highest rates in the nation, offering a troubling glimpse of what > > > experts fear may be in store for other parts of the country. > > > > > > The real estate slump here and elsewhere is likely to worsen, > > given that > > > most of the adjustable rate mortgages written in the last three > > years > > > will be reset with higher interest rates, said Christopher F. > > Thornberg, > > > an economist with Beacon Economics in Los Angeles. As a result, > > > borrowers of an estimated $800 billion in loans will be forced in > > the > > > next 12 months to 18 months to make bigger monthly payments, > > refinance > > > or sell their homes.... > > > > > > For example, a three-bedroom house near Turner Field, where the > > Atlanta > > > Braves baseball team plays, fetched a high bid late last month of > > > $134,000 at an auction by the bank that took possession of it. > > Almost > > > three years ago, the new home was bought for $330,000. > > > > > > While the surge in foreclosures in other big cities like > > Cleveland, New > > > Orleans and Detroit can be attributed to local economic challenges, > > > Atlanta more closely reflects the nation. Its unemployment rate, 4.9 > > > percent in May, is low and close to the national average of 4.5 > > percent. > > > And businesses here are adding jobs, albeit at a slower pace than > > they > > > were last year. > > > > > > Like others across the country, homeowners here took out aggressive > > > mortgages in the last few years when interest rates were low and > > housing > > > prices were soaring. Now many are falling behind some have lost > > > jobs or experienced other financial difficulties, but many others > > are > > > not able to refinance because their homes are worth less than > > they paid > > > for them and their credit is now too weak for them to qualify for > > > another loan. > > > > > > More from around the country: Click here: Increasing Rate of > > > Foreclosures Upsets Atlanta - New York Times > > > > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/09auctions.html?ei=5087% > > 0A&e\ > > > m=&en=412ed903b6b636c4&ex=1184126400&pagewanted=all> > > > > > > ==================== > > > > > > No expert here. Just wondering. > > > > > > Not all entertainment venues need be weather dependent. > > > > > > ======================================================= =========== > > > > > > Original message" > > > In a message dated 7/9/2007 9:15:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > > tvnetdude2000@ writes: As long as the local, state, and fed > > > government view the taxpayer as a bottomless pit it will always > > be this > > > way. You remove a the weather variable and add some stability to the > > > situation. > > > > > > dfsavgny <dfsavgny@> wrote: --- In > > > AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com <mailto:AsburyPark% > > 40yahoogroups.com> , Mike > > > Hemeon <tvnetdude2000@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Housing is a reliable year round source of taxable income. > > > > > > And you enter into a viscous cycle of never-ending tax increases > > with > > > only one source of revenue. Think commercial real estate tax, sales > > > tax, etc. > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! 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