singing beach walk on charge

[The Dad Fisherman]

Its "E" none of the Above...Like FA said they would rather no-one used the beach....

They are far from hurting for or needing cash...

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

They charge for parking, but when people stopped driving anmd started taking the train and walking they lost out on $$, so now they charge you for walking to the beach.

What's next?

They start charging you for talking about the beach, and then for THINKING about the beach.

They must be one of the following:

A) Hard pressed for cash?
B) Hard up for wringing every cent they can out of tourist?
C) Looking to pad someone's coffers for their undeserved pension and retirement?
D) All of the above?


I wonder what they would do if people stopped going to the beach, stopped spending their money in their town, and took their business and $$ elsewhere???

[FishermanTim]

Of course if all the people stopped going to their beach, they would be happy only for as long as their coffers are full.

Then they'll be broadcasting on all stations, in all media how they NEED tourists badly, spouting the old line "Come up and visit our SINGING Beach!" You know, come up and don't forget your wallet!

They wouldn't be happy if tourists stopped going to their beach, or their town, as they had become accustomed to having all that extra money year after year. You think they would just say "We don't need those extra hundreds of thousands of dollars, we are just fine as is"?

I doubt they would. Once any town gets a taste of tourist dollars, they expect it every year from that point on, so much so that they write it into their town budget. And if and when those dollars don't show up, they scramble around in disaster recovery mode to make up that cash loss.