Is there surf in Asbury Park?

They have...when is the last time you were there? BTW - Most of Asbury is like driving through a mine field. I busted off 2 oil pans and broke a oil pump. Damn roads!!!!

 

This Guy!

This guy actually made me sign up! I have lived in AP for the last 4 years. I love it! It has come a long way from the 80’s. I lived here then and that was when it was complete trash. Its got a few more years but it will completely turn… its to far along not to now. As for his friend getting mugged… BS! No criminal would highjack a car and tell the driver to take them to the boardwalk… you know, the place where there are 40 cops per 5 people… come on. I hope I see you on Monkle Beach!

Oh… 8th ave (Monkle Beach) goes off when its good. But it breaks from Loch Arbor to 1st ave when its good. Just gotta be after 5 or after summer. Life Guards suck if their not hot or saving your life!

 

Best quote ever. Even better if a hot one is saving your life. That's when you just play dead for a bit.

 

Dam homie..you need anger management.

As far as Asbury goes..the whole esperanza thing and the condo' along the north east end of cookman... Is anyone buying those things? I just don't see it working...who want to pay all that money for a condo yet be holed up in it. Living in your own million dollar prison . Until all those low rent slums along ocean ave are cleaned out/demolished...the developer will wishing he never got started. The key is to buy at the right time...just when developers lower prices to cut loses and when the neighborhood starts to look brighter. Seriously...though demographically...it's an sh!t-hole.

As far as the waves.....i've seen it firing and not too crowded.

 

Really?

What is a MCcann?

 

Well

Sheldon...

 

McCann's is what it should of said. And it's in Belmar right across from Paul's. I'll give you directions if you need.

 

You call me out as a liar......then say you hope you meet me......then you PM me and then when i say lets meet up right now. You don't.....

That's what i thought......

 

AGAIN TALK IS CHEAP.....thats what i thought.....you ethug.

 

I apologize to the forum for getting sooo aggro. This guy is PM'ing me a telling me to step up and show myself. So when i do he's not there.

I will stop now....sorry you all had to see all this.

 

please call me

 

I was born & raised in Long Branch and have lived in Allenhurst and Bradley Beach. I moved away 9 years ago but I still go up there on a regular basis. Since I've been away for a while and live in a city with much bigger problems than Asbury so it always amuses me when locals complain about how bad it is. I mean, yeah, it's bad compared to Oakhurst or Rumson . . . but it''s kind of skewed when your points of comparison are the some of the safest places in the country.

I mean, you're moving to a city, you shouldn't really be surprised to find drugs and violent crime. It's in one of the 40 richest counties in the country, all those frat dudes gotta buy their blow somewhere and Long Branch ain't like it use to be.

When i moved down here my neighborhood was so-so. Then after three years of renting in the same place the restaurants and pubs started popping up, the crime went down, I couldn't go a day without bubble tea or bahn mi, and I didn't want to leave. Except by then I couldn't afford to buy there and my landlord kept raising my rent. My new neighborhood is a lot like my old neighborhood was when i first moved there . . . except now I own my place.

Point is, if you have the money to buy in Asbury and you don't - you're an idiot. Less than 25% of households have school-aged kids. No one cares about school districts anymore. It's all about DINKs and empty-nesters and being able to walk to the bar, walk to the store, walk to the train.

Asbury is going to be one incredible place. If I could live there and not have to commute an hour each way to work, I would. It's not by bag so I don't.

So if you're going to be working or surfing in Asbury get some street smarts and use 'em. In a couple of years you can let your guard down.

 

The Boss is from Freehold.

I don't know about surfing in Point Beach or Bay Head but the Manasquan inlet is right across the bridge from Point Pleasant. If you're moving up that way you'll probably find renting an apartment in Point Beach or Point Boro cheaper than up in Asbury. Bay Head and Mantoloking are really pricey.

I prefer the area between Asbury Park and Point Pleasant but it wouldn't hurt to check out everything between Asbury and Seaside Park and even across the bay to Brick and Toms River. Just keep in mind that from Point Pleasant and south the traffic can get really bad in the summer time and the guidos are off the chain. Further north it's not so bad.

There's also the train that ends in Bay Head and the town is small enough that you can walk anywhere in 10 or 15 minutes or lock up an old cruiser at the station. When I lived in Red Bank I used to take it to work in Belmar every friday morning in the summer because when I got off of work the traffic was retarded and it would take me an hour to get home if i drove.