> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:14:49 -0400 > From: Andrew Diller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I don't see how an ocean-side, vacation destination, (with insanely > valuable water-front) can compare in any way to west Philadelphia, a > bedroom community for a major city. > You clearly are unfamilar with Ocean City.
It is as much a bedroom community for Philadelphia as is West Philadelphia. While it's a much harder commute today without the trains running, it's still a commute made by people year round, as well as just during the summer. Also -- OCNJ does NOT have "insanely VALUABLE waterfront" but rather "insanely OVER-PRICED water-front." There is a big difference between value and price. In 99% of the cases, the Waterfront properties are not an issue, but rather the properties in the center of the island where single family residences with gardens and yards are being torn down and being replaced by multi-family so-called "condos" built out to within inches of the property line - dramaticaly increasing the population density in an already over-crowded area, and eliminating any kind of "green" whatsoever. I've watch OC change for the worse in the past 5 years or so and it hasn't been pretty. If you like that kind of crowding, you should be living in South Phila, and Wildwood, not West Phila. And all of which is directly related to one of the most constant complaints from people who live in Spruce Hill -- there's no place to park. -- T.T.F.N. William H. Magill Senior Systems Administrator Information Services and Computing (ISC) Networking & Telecommunications University of Pennsylvania [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.isc-net.upenn.edu/~magill/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
