My old house had some minor flooding, mainly the crawlspace and all the HVAC ductwork underneath during Sandy, but my insurance actually went down over the years. OC did a lot of proactive things to get it down like building up dunes. I also had my flood cert redone as my flood vents were not being accounted for.
You know what if you can now have a CCW in NJ I see no reason why anyone can search my red solo cup for alcohol.
Camden did not pay the cops more. The canned the local union and hired county cops at a lower rate. They got a state grant and hired more cops at a lower rate. Your example.
They moved to a county model. Where the surrounding towns saw one town was the real problem in the area. By going to the county model, the surrounding towns could pour more police and resources into patrolling Camden. Thus stopping the criminal element from spreading to their towns. The reform was simply putting more uniforms on the streets in the problem areas. This was not a defund the police reform where they hire more social workers and spend on useless social programs.
Being elevated like that , do you have any issues with pipes freezing in the winter ?
And improve the quality of life for the rest of us!
No. Just have to drain the outside water lines to the hose bibs and outside shower
Because it is fairly unique? What other area of the country has an influx of tourists that significantly balloons the population, when a lot of those tourists are young and sometimes rowdy/inebriated, causing problems for year-round residents? Don't think the Delaware or Virginia beaches have this problem, but have not studied the problem.
An outdoor drinking zone? We don’t have one lol. Police just don’t look for it unless you’re outside a bar at 2 am.
I enjoy the change of pace when I visit my Wife’s side of the family out on the East End.
Quick rundown based on several posters:
Like anything else in life, it depends on what you like and what you make of it.
I'll have to find out how much Monmouth Beach paid to get the 44th spot.
Why? It's a nice beach and fairly private. Great for locals. The fact that they have Sea Bright (just north) at #5 is stupid. They seem to penalize towns that don't have a lot of parking. That's a major plus for locals.
I saw that list last year, really stupid. Nothing wrong with WW's beach, just the people at the beach. LOL!
So people won't come. Big issues over the last couple of years with to many people coming. To many cars on the roads, to many cars parking on the streets and to many people leaving trash, changing and even going to the bathroom in people's yards. As a local you almost feel trapped.
Yeah, we have seen that at a lot of beaches since the summer of 2020, when people were doing more local vacations/staycations. We have not been to the beach in the summer since 2019, and we go out on our boat instead.
Long Beach township ranked lower for lack of parking too. I know of blocks where people with driveways still park on the street to keep day trippers away lol
Guilty- but not so much to hurt day trippers, but to leave room for family/friends/guests to park and to have to avoid having to pick up visitors' garbage that they leave at the curb after they leave. Do these people do that in front of their own homes? And visitors wonder why the locals don't welcome them all with open arms. 🤷♂️
Lavalletions call that North Lavallette! Did the license come from the liquor store there?
No idea. Was surprised to see another “pub” in town. Yes, North Lavallette is a different world than South. I guess the real question is where does North start?
It's just North Lavallette and the real Lavallette. North starts with the 3 blocks north of Ortley Ave, the end of the Boardwalk. Greatest Ave in the universe, at least when we lived there. Technically "North Lavallette" doesn't exist anymore except for the lifelong residents down there. It was a part of Dover Township AKA Tom's River. There was never a bar there so they acquired one of the very few in Lavallette. Somebody gave it up.
