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Beach-goers sit on the beach on May 15, 2021, in Deal, N.J. The Jersey shore town has introduced a law that would restrict parking on many streets closest to the ocean to residents-only. Some shore towns in New Jersey and other states have used parking restrictions as a way to keep outsiders off their beaches. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) May 21, 2021 - 8:34 AM
DEAL, N.J. (AP) â New Jersey s wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the U.S., from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen in Alaska.
But for decades, local governments in some Jersey Shore towns â and elsewhere around the country â have used a variety of tactics to keep outsiders off their sand.
DEAL, N.J. (AP) â New Jersey s wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the U.S., from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen in Alaska.
But for decades, local governments in some Jersey Shore towns â and elsewhere around the country â have used a variety of tactics to keep outsiders off their sand.
One of the most effective methods has been restricting parking near the beach. The practical effect in shore towns like Deal, a wealthy enclave popular with New York doctors, lawyers and business executives, has been that people who don t live within walking distance of the sand are often not able to use it.
NJ Beaches Paid for by All, But No Parking Tactics Keep Outsiders Away There is a long and shameful history of beach towns trying to keep people off their sand, says the executive director of the American Littoral Society By Wayne Parry •
Updated on May 21, 2021 at 1:43 pm
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New Jersey’s wide, federally funded sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across America.
But for decades, local governments in some Jersey Shore towns and elsewhere around the country have used a variety of tactics to keep outsiders off their sand. One of the most effective has been restricting parking near the beach.