[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by Decadeofdave

Back when you were in college there were no "student loans" that could be spent on anything, ie spring break etc.

Student loans were in existence in 1975 and most students figured out how to do spring break on the cheap. 4-5 people in a car, 8+/- in a hotel room, do not buy liquor in a bar, etc.

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Let us not forget the media that is right there on the spot to present the bad and the ugly......as though it were a general condition.....which it is not.

Media distortion with bias....as usual.

The majority go for spring break to have a good time...like young people do.

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Kids have always raised hell during this time, but in the past you didn't see any murders or gun violence. The permissive attitudes towards guns today has led to this.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by NJRICHARD

I noticed what looked like a lot of outsiders, non-college thugs, guns and BLM -Antifa types willing to destroy anything in their way. We drove down from Boston, slept in our cars until we met others with motel rooms willing to share. NO violence, sloppy over drinking and fun.

After I learn how to pick out snowbirds in a crowd or driving in a golf cart I want to go to the class that teaches how to identify outsiders, non-college thugs, and BLM-Antifa types.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by kkingston57

Student loans were in existence in 1975 and most students figured out how to do spring break on the cheap. 4-5 people in a car, 8+/- in a hotel room, do not buy liquor in a bar, etc.

Yup! We did Lauderdale for Spring break one year (1977 IIRC). Drove down with 5 people... Arrived at dawn and slept on the beach until our room was ready...

Almost got tossed out of the Holiday Inn (above "The Button") for having 11 people in the room... But to be fair, we had a big room (with a sitting area) with 2 queen size beds and a fold out sofa... Nothing get's your attention more than answering the door in your underwear and being greeted by a "badge and a gun"...

It took every "Yes Sir and No Ma'am" I could muster, begging them to let us stay...

The following year, we went camping in the Keys...

We left a few days early, drove to Lauderdale to meet friends. Little did I know, the guy who's "friends" we were supposed to meet had no idea what hotel they were staying in. We had left out tent with the rest of our group, figuring we didn't need it.

He figured "we'd just find them"...

Amazingly we did. We just ran into them on the strip... But they had police outside the hotel and we had to show a key to get in. I waltzed in, like I owned the pace, but my friends panicked... I couldn't leave them, so I left to join them.

It was like a "Mission Impossible" assignment to try to sneak back into the hotel, literally crawling up the outside fire stairwell so the cops wouldn't see us.

When we got to the room, it was wall to wall bodies... I slept on the floor, using my shoes as a pillow... I remember it fondly...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by YeOldeCurmudgeon

Kids have always raised hell during this time, but in the past you didn't see any murders or gun violence. The permissive attitudes towards guns today has led to this.

I'll bet the farm that not a single one of the guns recovered (I believe they took 70 of them in one week) were legally owned...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

After I learn how to pick out snowbirds in a crowd or driving in a golf cart I want to go to the class that teaches how to identify outsiders, non-college thugs, and BLM-Antifa types.

My twitter feed has been full of videos of the insanity in Miami.

I'd post links but I don't feel like taking another vacation...

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I'll bet the farm that not a single one of the guns recovered (I believe they took 70 of them in one week) were legally owned...

Soon it will make no difference in Florida. Flirting with open carry no permit required.
This should really help the tourist industry! Great place to bring the kids to see Mickey and the macho guys with guns on their hips.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

My twitter feed has been full of videos of the insanity in Miami.

I'd post links but I don't feel like taking another vacation...

I haven't been keeping up on it but I don't doubt there are numerous videos like that. I just haven't learned the knack of telling a non-college, BLM-Antifa type thug from little Johnny who just went to Miami for the warm weather.

The violence has picked up in almost all gathering of young people (maybe old people too). According to the news, Senior week in OC, Md has also gotten a bit rough lately.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Soon it will make no difference in Florida. Flirting with open carry no permit required.
This should really help the tourist industry! Great place to bring the kids to see Mickey and the macho guys with guns on their hips.

Still have to own the gun legally to carry... Same as it ever was...

[Escape Artist]

Originally Posted by HandyGrandpap

Perhaps it is a sad commentary to see how the next generation has transitioned to the anger and rage during the spring breaks at Miami Beach. Althougth I could never afford to go when I was in college my colleagues who did go talked about the partying, drinking and the beach. Not one word about any violence.
It is sad to see where the local business do not even want the crowd there anymore, as opposed to how they were welcomed in the past.
Scenes on TV are disturbing,

I grew up in Southern California so our spring breaks were in Palm Springs, cruising up and down Palm Canyon Drive. No violence, but looking back on it, some scary situations.

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I'll bet the farm that not a single one of the guns recovered (I believe they took 70 of them in one week) were legally owned...

And I bet that you are right ...

[Taltarzac725]

They look like shootings that might happen anywhere but the large crowds of teens and college age kids panic thinking there is an active shooter involved.


It is more about creating safe spaces than about angry mobs.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by HandyGrandpap

Perhaps it is a sad commentary to see how the next generation has transitioned to the anger and rage during the spring breaks at Miami Beach. Althougth I could never afford to go when I was in college my colleagues who did go talked about the partying, drinking and the beach. Not one word about any violence.
It is sad to see where the local business do not even want the crowd there anymore, as opposed to how they were welcomed in the past.
Scenes on TV are disturbing,

Demographics is destiny.

It's a much more diverse crowd now.

Prove me wrong.

[coralway]

Compared to the violence on 1/6, this was a walk in the park

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by coralway

Compared to the violence on 1/6, this was a walk in the park

Very true. I should not write anything more though.