[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by irishamr

I was born in the Atlantic City, NJ Hospital and our house was in Ventnor NJ right by the ocean. I recently moved to the Cape area in Florida. Just returning to my roots. There is nothing like the peace and tranquility of it.
Nancy

When we rented a home on "The Nubble" at York Beach Maine last summer for the two weeks (family reunion with all of the kids and grand kids), we were sitting on Short Sands Beach so that the toddlers could play in the gentle water, when a family from Atlantic City, New Jersey (inland) struck up a conversation. The father told me that even though they were somewhat inland away from the actual beach, their home had damage from Hurricane Sandy.......he was thinking of selling that house which had been in their family farm for such a long time........as the weather was no longer what it used to be plus taxes were rising higher and higher. It was a difficult decision for him and his wife. Their son was encouraging them to move to Florida!!!!

I agree with you re the peace and tranquility of the seashore and the ocean.......

When you say the Cape area, are you referring to Cape Kennedy near Cape Canaveral?? I've heard that Cocoa Beach is one of the flat beaches (never been there as of yet) compared to the rest of them in Brevard County south of the Cape.......most of those have a twelve foot drop down to the beach........but nice stairs and ramps over the dunes and down to the beach. When we lived in that area back in 1973.......it was a flat walk out to the beach......I guess storms have eroded the sand over the years.

However, the nice thing about that coast is that it is not touristy........but has many nice small towns, which just happen to have a beach !! Not to mention the inland waterway. All great for boating.