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The growing cost of living near water
Last month, heavy equipment was used in a project to install new drainage pipes on a street in Ocean City, N.J. The city is spending tens of millions of dollars to combat flooding. (Wayne Parry/The Associated Press)
By Wayne Parry
OCEAN CITY, N.J. – Officially, Ocean City is a “dry” town.
In 1879, four Methodist ministers established a Christian seaside resort here with a permanent ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol – a prohibition that remains to this day.
But numerous times a year, Ocean City is among the wettest “dry” towns you’ll ever see.
The impacts of rising sea levels can be clearly seen in Ocean City, New Jersey, a family resort town spending tens of millions of dollars to deal with flooding