Jdarg
SoWal Expert
Maybe the code enforcers weren't quite ready for the summer and need a little more preparation time.
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Enforcement for remove it or lose it?
- Thread starter TreeFrog
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Maybe the code enforcers weren't quite ready for the summer and need a little more preparation time.
NoHall
hmmmm......can't remember
Y'all have changed me in a year.
The people (tourists to the nth degree!) that I come with every year have become progressively worse. 12 years ago I don't remember leaving as much as a chair on the beach overnight. Then they started having babies, and brought the little baby tents, and they would leave things like chairs and volleyball nets over the weekend on the beach. Now they leave big tents, all the chairs, the volleyball nets, those games where you throw the balls on the strings, ocean kayaks...
I'm not at all defending their behavior, but I knew that it would be an exercise in futility to tell my peeps to bring it all in every night. The tourists just don't get it, y'all. (How funny--I said that like I'm not a tourist!) They're just here for the weekend, and they're either a) peeing on their territory, or b) loving SoWal so well that they feel at home to leave their stuff out their overnight.
Once again--I don't defend the behavior. I take my chair and my stack of books out when I go and back in when I go. But I don't see, practically speaking, how the attitudes of people who are here for 4 days a year are going to be changed.
I almost wish that the powers that be DID have the manpower to pick up the tents, nets, and chairs every night so that the beachgoers would realize that their stuff is not safe out there.
The people (tourists to the nth degree!) that I come with every year have become progressively worse. 12 years ago I don't remember leaving as much as a chair on the beach overnight. Then they started having babies, and brought the little baby tents, and they would leave things like chairs and volleyball nets over the weekend on the beach. Now they leave big tents, all the chairs, the volleyball nets, those games where you throw the balls on the strings, ocean kayaks...
I'm not at all defending their behavior, but I knew that it would be an exercise in futility to tell my peeps to bring it all in every night. The tourists just don't get it, y'all. (How funny--I said that like I'm not a tourist!) They're just here for the weekend, and they're either a) peeing on their territory, or b) loving SoWal so well that they feel at home to leave their stuff out their overnight.
Once again--I don't defend the behavior. I take my chair and my stack of books out when I go and back in when I go. But I don't see, practically speaking, how the attitudes of people who are here for 4 days a year are going to be changed.
I almost wish that the powers that be DID have the manpower to pick up the tents, nets, and chairs every night so that the beachgoers would realize that their stuff is not safe out there.
GoodWitch58
Beach Fanatic
Y'all have changed me in a year.
The people (tourists to the nth degree!) that I come with every year have become progressively worse. 12 years ago I don't remember leaving as much as a chair on the beach overnight. Then they started having babies, and brought the little baby tents, and they would leave things like chairs and volleyball nets over the weekend on the beach. Now they leave big tents, all the chairs, the volleyball nets, those games where you throw the balls on the strings, ocean kayaks...
I'm not at all defending their behavior, but I knew that it would be an exercise in futility to tell my peeps to bring it all in every night. The tourists just don't get it, y'all. (How funny--I said that like I'm not a tourist!) They're just here for the weekend, and they're either a) peeing on their territory, or b) loving SoWal so well that they feel at home to leave their stuff out their overnight.
Once again--I don't defend the behavior. I take my chair and my stack of books out when I go and back in when I go. But I don't see, practically speaking, how the attitudes of people who are here for 4 days a year are going to be changed.
In your opinion where does this attitude come from...how do they justify the behavior?
NoHall
hmmmm......can't remember
Lazy ingnorance. It's more convenient to leave the stuff there than schlep it back and forth, and they just don't realize that it's not okay because they don't live there.
Ocean Lover
bean
Did you mention that it's a possibility that someone might come by and load up all their stuff and haul it away?
Ocean Lover
bean
Maybe a tent like this would be more manageable. I saw this pic scolling at the top.;-) No one I know. Cute family.
ckhagen
Beach Fanatic
I'm not saying that some type of "move it or lose it" ordinance is a bad thing. These things can obviously get out of hand. But perhaps the reason why CE isn't enforcing it is because they couldn't possibly have enough trucks to even do it with on a holiday weekend like this. I know about the ordinance, but I couldn't tell you from where... definitely not because I've seen a sign stating it. That being the case, I can bet everything I've got in my pocket that 99% of tourists aren't going to have a clue.
Could there not be some sort of middle ground? Perhaps weekends ok to leave well grounded canopies installed past the high tide? Everything tagged with owners name and address? If it's found floating, you get fined?
Pulling that thing up is no small feat for us, whether or not you think 3 women between 4'9" and 5'3" and all under 120 pounds can handle it. We go back and forth between the house and beach all day with the kids, eat lunch, nap, shower, come back to watch the sunset, etc... I really think it's unnecessary for us to have to pull it up constantly. We're responsible beachgoers, myself and my 70yr old grandfather are property owners, and we don't leave crap all over the place. We don't block people's views, destroy the dunes, leave giant 4ft deep manholes all over the place, or bury beer bottles in the sand, which I've seen countless tourists do. I do admit that my kids have accidentally thrown sand in the wind and pissed a few people off though...
Could there not be some sort of middle ground? Perhaps weekends ok to leave well grounded canopies installed past the high tide? Everything tagged with owners name and address? If it's found floating, you get fined?
Pulling that thing up is no small feat for us, whether or not you think 3 women between 4'9" and 5'3" and all under 120 pounds can handle it. We go back and forth between the house and beach all day with the kids, eat lunch, nap, shower, come back to watch the sunset, etc... I really think it's unnecessary for us to have to pull it up constantly. We're responsible beachgoers, myself and my 70yr old grandfather are property owners, and we don't leave crap all over the place. We don't block people's views, destroy the dunes, leave giant 4ft deep manholes all over the place, or bury beer bottles in the sand, which I've seen countless tourists do. I do admit that my kids have accidentally thrown sand in the wind and pissed a few people off though...
seagrovegirl
Beach Fanatic
With kids, it seems you need a lot of stuff to enjoy the beach and keep everyone happy. But with three of you, even short people can put up and take down a tent. Unless it is a big tent, I would suggest getting something easier to handle.
BlueMtnBeachVagrant
Beach Fanatic
Do you mind if I borrow this quote every now and then?