I know this question has been asking in many different ways, but rather than asking the general public how close they live to the beach.... This question is directed to those of you that live AT the beach, in so many words. This question is for the guys that live on the Jersey Shore, and in DE and in OC MD and in VB.... how many blocks/miles do you live from the beach? DO you own or rent? I live about 4.5 blocks from the beach, which on map quest leaves me about .40 miles from the OB dog beach. I have live as close as on the sand basically with an ocean view, but this is the furthest I have lived from the actual sand in a Beach town... WHere I can still walk to the beach to surf every day, if I want to. I still usually drive in case my beach isnt working.... But, when i look at realestate back at the beach in the mid atlantic, its hard to find anything other than a high rise condo by the beach for under $200... There are some good deals in Ocean Pines, which is about 5 miles from the beach, and OPines is a sick area, but its more of a bayside community.... and W Ocean City is cool too, but there is a lot of ghettto double wides and sh** down there... Just curious. For those of you that consider youselves to live AT THE BEACH, how close are you? I guess its a different paradigm for all of us. I guess I could go up to or a little over a mile away and consider to still be "At the beach" because if you want to, a mile walk is only 10-15 minutes....Its just easier to find beach housing on the west coast. The entire coastline is stuff with homes and apartments and stuff all over. All residential though. Not all the high rise season condos like back east.
I own about 1.25 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and I love it. We "stole" a 3 bedroom single-family house for the low $300k's. In addition to the location, the neighborhood and schools are very good.
Zach, you had better just stay in the Independent Nation of Ocean Beach. Maryland is still part of the USA and homes blocks from the beach are expensive. Alternatives might be St. Augustine or the Space Coast (layoffs of 25,000 space workers will drive prices further down).
Zach, not to be a ****, but do you have to mention that you live in San Diego in nearly all of your posts? Isn't there a west coast forum or something? Sorry that was kinda rude... I'm just jealous cause I had to move back from PB cause I ran outta money
The West Coast forum is not nearly as active as the Mid-Atlantic. Those guys are usually surfing and not talking about surfing.
I know man, I try not to. I hang in this forum cause Im from maryland man! I wont be out here forever! But the only reason I mentioned it in this post is because all the coastal property here is residential, and its weird that all the beach towns back east are all season condos etc... I guess there is just more money to be made in short period rentals there.... Anyway, I will never mention my location again =) If Swellinfo would take this 619 off the end of my name, I will be in business!@
There is much for you to learn about the East Coast, from Maine to Miami. There are huge swaths of residential, non-high rise developments.
I know. But all of our family lives in one state MD. I have many other places on my radar. CB in particular. Trust me, I have researched every nook and cranny over there. But my thinking has always been, why move back home if we are still more than like 5 hours of driving away from our family and why i would be back there. It makes taking a 5 hour flight seem not that bad. I dunno, I am just speaking of OC MD, VB and Jerey shore. And I have also seen some nice residential areas in Northern VB. I understand why OC MD is like that. its 2 blocks wide and seasonal. I know there are many other places that are not so seasonal, they are just way south. We could all be living at the beach in a pretty sick $130K 4 bedroom down in Central Florida... But Central Florida is like 12 hours from MD. I love that area of florida, cocoa and orlando. But that is a world away from home too. All of our peeps are in Bmore and DC.
And I kindly don't mention my sessions every day on here. I wouldn't want to hear about it either. I have done that in the past and it does no one any good. So, I spend the rest of my time at work etc checking this place out. Not talking about the waves I just had. It wasn't bad this morning. =P
That's what I was going to say. There are many towns that are small beachy towns rather than tacky high-rise condos with boardwalk amusements and all that shiyot. I live about 4.5 blocks from the beach too, a 2 minute bikeride to the beach at most. My parents bought the house in 2001 for around 300K. It's probably worth around 650K now as we have done a lot of work on it (it was built sometime in the late 1800s and there are a ton of random skewed additions that we had to mesh together to make it a livable house). Unfortunately, I am only there half the year... yes I am a weekend warrior-- I'm from benny country. I used to laugh at all the other kids in my town because they were definitions of bennies, but then I realized that I could care less about bennies and all. So I guess I'm a benny, though I don't think I act like one.
Central FL and Northern FL are only a couple hours flight time north and the airfares are relatively inexpensive. Stop whining so much about your poor plight. Besides, you're going to freeze your butt of in MD and then you will whine some more on the Mid Atlantic forums. N. VA barrier islands do have some situations, but then you will probably have education challenges for the future kiddies (see, there is always something!).
Are you sure that you want to live in the same state as your family and in-laws? haaha ramdom fact - domestic disputes among familes increase more than double during the holidays...
I rent a 4 BR 2nd floor apartment for dirt cheep in the winter only 2 blocks from the beach, and my job is at an oceanfront hotel on the boardwalk. BUT, like I've said before, I've sacrificed some 'modern comforts' in order to live this close to the ocean. But if you have enough drive and motivation in life you'll get to where you want to be. And right now this is where I want to be. For now, I am happy.
If I go to CM I am 5 mins way If I go to OCNJ I am 25min from the beach . I miss living in Wildwood. cause in the summer I could just ride a beach cruiser to 7th street
If I could fly it would be about a half a mile for me. Problem is I live on Southpoint across from Assateague and I have to drive 3 miles north and then go east 1.5 miles to hit the beach. I can see Assateague and hear the surf from my yard but until I invent a giant slingshot to hurl me over I have to drive or ride my Ruckus over . I have 4 acres with 2 perks over near Stephen Decatur if your interested .
Point pleasant beach 7 blocks from the beach and a 10 min bike ride to bay head. I rent a two bedroom year round split with my girlfriend. my share is 500 hundred a month. Im an hour from nyc and hour and a half from philly. I think its a great location as long as i can still afford to go on a surf trip for a couple weeks to a month.
