paying for beach access?

They don't make us pay for beach access in my area. Just for parking in their lots. But often times I'll park somewhere about a hundred feet away and then walk in with my board and water bottle. Takes five more minutes than parking but saves me $10

 

^^It takes you 5 minutes to walk 100 feet? You must really be out of shape.

 

even more of a burn is paying beachblock taxes + beach badge.

 

Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous paying high taxes, or municipal taxes at all, then having to buy a badge too.

Local ID should = free admission, even though it's not free because you give the town thousands in tax revenue every year anyway.

This is the definition of a racket.

 

Paying for someone to pick up beer cans and used condoms from the beach is not greed.

 

You mean charging for beach access is more common among homosexuals? I'm fascinated by that. Do you have any data to support that?

 

no, it takes him 5 mins to walk 100 feet to the parking lot..

if it's like my beach, that can be a very large parking lot.

Tourists that pay $10 to get into the beach shouldn't be leaving trash in the first place!

The government is making profit off of the beaches, if they weren't then they wouldn't invest in them.

 

Usually I've run into paid parking. If one is willing to walk, one can usually avoid any sort of charge. My beach of choice is free parking from November 1 to April 1. Just in time to have nowhere sheltered to change out of a wettie and no plow support. The wettie part is the most frustrating considering the negative numbers we're getting for wind chills and the feet of snow in the parking lot.

 

But they do leave trash on the beach.

The last thing I want to see when I head out for an early morning surf on a perfect summer day is somebodies trash.

It costs money to keep the animals caged up and when they let loose in the summer they need to be tended to. This all costs money bro, we are all in this together.

 

If all you UFO believing, tree hugging, whale saving, lefties continue to vote for left-leanning commies, what else can you expect than higher taxes, higher fees, outrages town parking fees? You have brought it upon yourselves.

This whole thread is evidence that Jonathan Gruber, the Obamacare advisor to Ovomit, was 100% right- the American population is so stupid they will vote for anything, to include programs in which they will screw themselves.

Funny as hell!!!!

 

Barry, you're so perfect. How can I be you?

 

Nope--Grubers dictum applies to me as well!!

 

Here in NY you pay for the PARKING not the beach access. Of course, if you want to bicycle or walk over Robert Moses bridge you're going to be run over, so basically it's a bureaucratic nightmare here.

 

tune in fox news.

 

I've always paid to go to the beach in one form or another: Gas, tolls, express ways, metered parking, garages, got towed twice (sucked, but really good swell).

Privatization does suck, terrible in Ft. Lauderdale, but a lot of people realize that you're a surfer and for some reason they give you a "pass" while tresspassing at high tide

Most everyone has littered, this is silly. don't speak up all at once; but who here from youth to old salty has never ditched a butt, can or bottle in the sand. Don't think to hard, but at one time you or your bud flicked, pitched or kicked something out of the car maybe in fear of getting pinched dunno.

I see the positives from paying to play. I, like most people am on a limited budget, but I do think that the taxes generated from the meters help to keep crowds down and areas cleaner and safer.

 

Growing up in CT/RI, the only beach you had to pay for access was Narragansett and I thought it was ridiculous. Most places you had to pay for parking in the summer but actual access to the beach was free.

About 4 years ago I moved to Northern NJ, and as others have said, MOST beaches require you to pay to get on to the beach even AFTER you pay for parking, this was quite annoying. If you go in off hours it's a different story. But with some searching there are def spots where you don't need to pay, and I'd typically surf in the mornings/evenings so it wasn't an issue. If I was asked to pay, I always did though, if I were younger I may have tried to escape the beach badge patrol but a couple bucks wasn't worth the hassle to me.

Here in Maine where I've been since January, I haven't paid for anything, but that seems like it will change when the summer rolls around. But from what I understand, you pay for parking, not for beach access at most places.

 

if everyone who visited the beach picked up trash on their own, drove a beach rake/tractor once in a while, helped plant dunes, transport sand when storms chew it up, etc etc they MIGHT BE 'free' other than transportation to them.

until everyone agrees to voluntarily take care of said items there will be a charge
voluntary human action is the only solution to dissolving such entities that forcibly extract your stored labor
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/09/hawaii.volunteers.repair/index.html?iref=topnews

 

I have been burned a few times paying to get on the beach.nj
theres certain places u can avoid it.in the past I usually just bought a season pass for sandy hook for 50 bucks which is great because its like 12 bucks a day last time I was there and payed.

lol in long branch,they might have changed this idk,but they charge swimmers and surfers get on for free.i remember one day it was dead flat,they tried charging me 8 bucks and I said hold on,went to the car and brought a board out.

however I do think these bennies and gweetos should pay to get on the beach.if u want to go to a beach with a lifeguard then u should pay for their services.i avoid the guarded beaches.we as surfers and spongers know about the ocean and how to deal with it,and these out of towners that come out one season a year go out and drown after the lifeguards leave on a flat day.its fukd up but u can die from anything.the ocean shouldn't be one of them,unless its a shark.

 

I guess I could say that I understand that they need to charge to employ all the people and keep the beaches nice. Anyone who lives at beach town can see that they are constantly working on the beach (moving sand, fixing board walk, bathrooms extra...) I'm not sure how other states do it but nj should figure that out so we don't have to pay anymore!

So in essence I'm also against having to pay, specially to surf... It just doesn't seem right. I'm pretty sure that surf rider and sea was able to make most beaches in nj open to surfing... But not sitting. Same thing with fishing.

Anyways- I always thought that there should be a huge discount for locals at the town they live in for a season badge, like half price.

 

Yo Jesus you know there are beachs in NJ where you don't have to pay for access..plenty more you can slip in without paying..one certain area I haven't paid for in years..
Paying to go surfing..nah real surfers don't do that..

But hey who wants to drive anywherez when you gotz 23 foot bombz in your back yard..