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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I have been quite busy renting out the condo. three weeks in June are already rented and the first week of July as well. I have been noticing that most (well all) of the people rather pay by check or Money Order instead of using Paypal. I can't say I blame them, with all the bad stuff that have been going around. I get so many e-mails from people trying to scam me that I was compelled to write back to the last one telling them to get another one scam since that one is getting old. I'm sure everybody is, by now, aware of almost all of them. So, I repeat, I don't blame the renter for not wanting to give out their Credit Card numbers over the Internet. I am the same way. However, I chose to try Paypal because of an incident that happened with my husbands credit card. We ordered a Birth Certificate via Internet from New York, boat parts, background search and others. One day after we placed an order, we got a call from Paypal verifying a charge that was being placed on our credit card. It wasn't us. Somehow Paypal was able to detect the fraud! I trust then a little more than I could any other because I know they try to protect us. Of course, we know they schemers are always re-inventing themselves, and maybe even get past Paypal. As we all know, reviewing our monthly statements carefully is a good prevention.

Happy Boating.