It has always mystified me how the great citizenry of Asbury Park can
whine about outsiders coming into AP. We have even had anonymous
a~~holes calling good, hard working people carpet baggers and worse on
this digest. What I wonder when I listen to these ridiculous rants is
how they can so proud of a city that since 1970 has been in steady
decline, rotting at the core with corruption and crime ruling the city.
That the city has turned it around is clearly the result of a a cool and
creative wave of new people coming to Asbury, buying old ruined
Victorians and restoring them to their former grandeur. If it wasn't for
this influx of (:"bennies":) the property values would still be in the
toilet and slumlords would still be ruling Asbury Park. Of the myriad of
mistakes made since lying Larry Fishman came to town, the number one
mistake was embracing a non-developer like Fishman, and busting the
balls of every good, hard working, independent developer/builder who
came to town, took on the ridiculous building department and ultimately
had their projects stalled, stopped, or worse while amateurs scrutinized
every aspects of their applications. The best example would be the 300
block of 4th ave. Saved from being overcrowded, crime riddled slums,
these 2 buildings were refurbished with private money but the needless
delays on both projects took all profit out of them and now 304 4th ave
is once again rife with section 8 prostitutes and drug dealers while 301
4th sits mostly vacant with a very tenuous future.
To all of you so proud of your long and illustrious citizenship in AP,
get off your asses and make sure the welcome mat is held out to any and
all new people who want to move their home or business to Asbury Park.
Because anyone who thinks the AP Partners, Westminsters and Metro Homes
of the world give a rats ass about anything besides profits you are
wildly mistaken. There is nothing wrong with profits mind you, just not
at the cost of the future of the city.
It would be wrong not to add that the Asbury building and code
departments have been revamped and revitalized and are a pleasure to
business with these days. It is going to be the private sector that will
continue Asbury's comeback. That and taking off the restrictions on the
west side by allowing capitalism to taker the reins on the west side,
open the vacant properties tied up forever by the crooked nose. Get the
government out of the rebuilding of the west side and the west side will
be done before the waterfront.
And the people who have suffered the most the past 37 years, the
citizens who live on the west side more than deserve to have their
neighborhoods revitalized. Once the west side starts coming back and
becomes safe for all people, you will be amazed at some of the houses
that are just dying for the newbie makeover.
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