Hi Mom! Bamboozle attracted 80,000 people to A. Park in 2012. Many crowded the rentals in OG.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor. Blogfinger.net
Did you ever hear certain Grovers belittle the parking complaints of residents in this way? I have, and it is a cliché chosen to intimidate residents and trivialize the effects of parking distress on their quality of life. Such talk often emanates from the mouths of realtors and speculators who want to build condos, sell houses, and rent stores. And they want to minimize the parking problems here to naive prospective buyers and renters.
Here is a quote from a BF parking article last October, 2017. “Jack Green said on Facebook that there are only about 18 days at peak season when there is trouble parking.”
The truth is that there are many 3-day weekends and weekdays each summer and also on some spring and fall weekends where the number of cars exceeds the spaces in the Grove. The “season” actually extends from May through October.
When glut happens, there are issues that adversely affect those who live in town and ironically pay real estate taxes, one way or another. Here is a link to our article regarding the “Parking Derangement Syndrome” first described at the Blogfinger Offshore School of Medicine in Ocean Grove:
Did you happen to notice the syndrome during the Giant September Flea Market which just happened? The F bombs were flying around the Pathway and landing on the two Norms’ porches. This problem is about more than parking. Crazed drivers were circling our streets looking for a space. They were frustrated, wild-eyed, hot, and angry. They were lured by advertisements promising a good time. (Fake news and false advertising) None of the organizers provided any parking assistance (such as shuttles.) If a parking space were to appear, its life expectancy was averaging 15 seconds or less.
This is no way to live; I don’t care if it is “only” 50 days each year.
Consider the email we got today from Rosemary of Ocean Grove:
2013 Zombies. A. Park. At least 20,000 will come this fall. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click to enlarge the mob.
* Dictionary.com:
- ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
SEAN HAYES:
Yup. You hit the nail on the head. GLUT!