Ocean City, Maryland, Is Changing

I haven't been back to Ocean City since October, but compare to some of you who haven't been there for as little as a year ago, a big difference in the town will be noticed the moment you get there. You will miss the old town look, the small town and cozyness. Soon it will become a huge metropolis (I think). Too bad! Isn't it? Well, I guess we'll have to make the best of it. It could be fun also, just a different kind of fun. Property values have gone up, up, up, like everywhere else. The problem is the high taxes and all the expenses that come attached to it. Some people are paying such high prices that I don't know where they are coming from with all that money. Are they just setting themselves up for destruction in the near future? Well, the sad part is the tourists have to share the burden. Ocean City has always been expensive ( I know, so is everywhere else) but how much more expensive is it going to have to be so that the condo, hotels, restaurants, etc., owners can afford just to stay there? Good thing we have our old little condo and have no plans to get anymore, not at those prices. Yes, I also overpaid for mine, but at an affordable price. $350,000, $450,000, $550,000, etc.. for a Condo? Plus high taxes, high utilities (I pay more in electricity for the condo than for my 4 bedrooms house), cable, telephone, Condo fees. The list goes on and on. Needless to say, It is a beautiful place to vacation, but some poor people do live there. How they do it, I don't know. Or maybe they have all moved out. There goes the friendliness! (I hope not).

One thing Ocean City needs is boat mechanics. That's a different story and I will write about it next time. I'm off to the Dominican Republic, but when I come back I will revisit last summer.

Happy boating!
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