Comments on: They Don’t Get It

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:42:37 +0000

The Miracle Strip Parkway [US-98] parallels the coast. The Santa Rose Sound is just South of the road. Fast food places, convenience stores, and car dealerships are not what people come to see at the beach.

Of course, there isn’t much beach left because they have sodded down to a few feet of the water’s edge, even at the public park, and many of the businesses have put up sea walls or dumped rickrack for erosion control.

Asphalt parking lots is not my idea of a nice beach experience.

By: andante

andante — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:07:07 +0000

Oh, yeah - over development. The road to & from"here" to "town" was never a beauty spot, but merely a collection of small business, Mom-and-Pop spots with maybe one stop light. A not too unpleasant little drive during rush hour. Then the"smart" folks started making plans. Now it's nothing but branch banks, "convenience" stores, fast food spots - not to mention the Super Wally World and at least a dozen stop lights. Game around town is how to avoid driving through it. andante´s last blog post..