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Post by Tim on May 20, 2020 11:50:04 GMT -5
A way to get rid of people you don't want. Just blame Mother Nature.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on May 23, 2020 8:40:13 GMT -5
Thing is though, some of the areas hit by Sandy were beach towns which are among the wealthiest in the state. These folks have insurance and this makes it easier for them to rebuild on the same spot, never mind that the next hurricane will wipe out their house again. The view might be great but not if your house gets trashed during a hurricane.
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Post by Tim on May 23, 2020 11:24:42 GMT -5
Well, Sandy was a freak event. A once-a-generation thing.
At least that is what the experts said.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on May 23, 2020 11:36:15 GMT -5
Well, Sandy was a freak event. A once-a-generation thing.
At least that is what the experts said.
We rarely get big storms here, we usually get the blowback with lots of rain. But I still wouldn’t want to live by the shore, it’s expensive and storms can do serious damage.
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Post by Tim on May 23, 2020 16:32:56 GMT -5
Me neither.
Nice and safe inland here.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Jun 13, 2020 21:29:24 GMT -5
I didn’t care much for pop punk myself but I did have a soft spot for Good Charlotte since they did host All Things Rock on MTV which was the one place to see rock videos on MTV. Plus when we drive down to Virginia to visit my brother, we actually pass through their hometown of Waldorf, Maryland which appears to be nothing but a series of giant malls😊 I get deja vu in that part of Maryland since it’s so similar to New Jersey 😜 Since you brought up Waldorf, MD, I guess now is a good time for a little history lesson. Contrary to popular belief, Atlantic City was NOT the first place on the East Coast to have legal gambling. Instead, it was four counties in Southern Maryland (Charles, St. Mary's, Anne Arundel, Calvert), where gambling was briefly legal from the 1940s up until 1968. Before Waldorf was Sprawlville, it was "Little Vegas" and was a major gambling destination on the East Coast: www.preservationmaryland.org/charles-county-little-vegas/Very few of the old casinos are left on Route 301. The final surviving one in Waldorf proper, the Waldorf Motel & Restaurant, was torn down in March 2017. Slightly south of Waldorf, the old Crystal Door Restaurant still survives as a bingo hall.
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Post by Dark Avenger on Jun 13, 2020 21:33:42 GMT -5
WOW! I did not know that. Betty, thanks for sharing that history lesson. I did think it was Atlantic City, as the media and all wanted us to think. Especially overseas, we'd think it was.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on Jun 14, 2020 8:35:06 GMT -5
I had no idea about Waldorf being a gambling place, I always thought it was just a town of strip malls. But I do wonder why exactly was gambling legalized there, maybe because it’s between DC and Baltimore.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Jun 14, 2020 9:34:31 GMT -5
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on Jun 14, 2020 9:42:59 GMT -5
Those are cool vintage postcards, they look like ones you can buy at Jersey shore tourist shops. I’m not sure about the Wigwam casino, though, that could be seen as racist today but I suppose people were less sensitive about that back then. And I’ve driven through southern Maryland many times, it’s a beautiful area around the Chesapeake and there’s a lot of seafood places near the bay. I imagine it’s not a wealthy area though, since it’s so rural and with so many little farms. But it’s a much nicer drive than I-95 and there’s a lot less traffic, we drive on 301 on the way to Virginia for the scenery.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Jun 14, 2020 10:34:47 GMT -5
I’m not sure about the Wigwam casino, though, that could be seen as racist today but I suppose people were less sensitive about that back then. Oh, it'd totally be seen as racist today, but the 50s and 60s were a different time. (And, Southern MD is one of the redder parts of the state, although it's gotten better over the last 20 years.) The Wigwam sign actually got repurposed for a bike trail after the building was torn down. And I’ve driven through southern Maryland many times, it’s a beautiful area around the Chesapeake and there’s a lot of seafood places near the bay. I imagine it’s not a wealthy area though, since it’s so rural and with so many little farms. But it’s a much nicer drive than I-95 and there’s a lot less traffic, we drive on 301 on the way to Virginia for the scenery. I go there 2-3 times a year to visit friends, so I'm very familiar with the area. I have a huge obsession with vintage roadside Americana, so it's fun to go up and down 301 and see all of the vintage motels and diners and small roadside shops. (Crossing the rickety old "Nice" bridge isn't so fun, though.) That area got completely bypassed when I-95 was built, so it's seen very little development since the 60s. Waldorf got heavily sprawled-out because it's close enough to DC to be a bedroom community, but La Plata down through NE VA is still very rural and "untouched." Here's a pretty cool video that was filmed inside the abandoned Waldorf Restaurant in 2016: And, here's a couple of great videos that were filmed in abandoned motels a little further down 301 (and were no doubt built to cash-in on Southern MD's gambling industry):
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on Jun 15, 2020 8:58:06 GMT -5
Those abandoned motels are creepy, Betty. Although we live in NJ, we only stayed at a hotel at the shore once, in Wildwood back in the early 2000s. We stayed at a little hotel on the boardwalk and went to the beach after breakfast and the afternoon on the boardwalk. I actually prefer the boardwalk to the beaches on the Jersey shore since they have a lot of cool stores, especially poster shops and souvenir shops selling funny t-shirts one ought to not wear to Grandma’s house😜 And not to mention stores that sell hookahs and pipes with a sign saying not to use them to smoke pot
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Post by Tim on Jun 15, 2020 11:38:04 GMT -5
Guess many of those places got clobbered by Sandy, but recovered.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on Jun 15, 2020 11:47:16 GMT -5
Guess many of those places got clobbered by Sandy, but recovered.
No, I’ve never seen it but I’ve heard of it. Yeah, they were clobbered by Sandy but recovered, it happened after the summer season so many of the shops were already closed up for the winter.
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Post by Tim on Jun 15, 2020 12:03:15 GMT -5
You've never been to Lucy. Odd, she's a pretty well known NJ landmark, and she's not far from AC.
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