From Stephen Goldfinger. October, 2018:
In a local physical rehabilitation center. Two rehab therapists talking about the end of summer:
Female rehab therapist 1: You know, I stopped going to my beach this summer.
Female rehab therapist 2: What beach?
Female rehab therapist 1: My local beach in Long Branch. It’s ridiculous. They charge you by the hour to park your car. You want to lay out from ten to six, it’ll cost you almost twenty bucks! Forget that.
Female rehab therapist 2: So you mean you just stopped going to the beach?
Female rehab therapist 1: No, I went to Ocean Grove instead. They’ve got free parking, the beach is nicer, and plus they’ve got all those cute stores.
Female rehab therapist 2: Hey, that’s a good idea. I’ll have to remember that next summer.
Going to the OG beach free of all parking worries. Paul Goldfinger from our “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” series. 2015 ©
“Wouldn’t it be nice to have free parking?”
THE BEACH BOYS:
The effect in Long Branch might be an example why the business side of OGCMA fights paid and permit parking in OG. It will negatively impact beach revenues.
Free parking is a competitive edge and no marketing required. Friends tell friends.
Speaking of parking … two out-of-state (Fla) cars parked on my short, narrow, little street. The first one was towed today because it was unregistered, the other one has a warning saying it has two weeks left on it’s 30 day stay before being deemed abandoned and towed. Maybe actual enforcement of the rules will be followed this year!