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re: If you want to know why no one can afford 30A anymore

Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:13 pm to
Posted by thesoccerfanjax
Member since Nov 2013
6128 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:13 pm to
Pretty to look at but that’s about it.

I like to be able to ride my bike and run on the beach.
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
Member since Jan 2007
13616 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:20 pm to
I feel your pain. I tried to get a Hampton’s trip and they would not let me stay for $150 a night. Tried Riveria and offered $250 with no success. Tried Fiji for $350 a night, including flights and meals and they told me that was not enough. What is the issue?

Maybe they can start subsidizing the trips with all the people that actually work for a living. This is ridiculous. I am entitled to a vacation at a resort area that I cannot afford.

There are only about 20 other beach areas that you can easily afford just as close. Bay St. Louis is cheap. You can live it up there.
This post was edited on 7/1/19 at 3:22 pm
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
Member since Jan 2007
13616 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:24 pm to
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What the hell are you talking about? The poors go to 30A.


If you vacation on the 30A now it really must be your second or third vacation behind Vail/Aspen/Beaver Creek, a Caribbean trip and a lake house. It’s not exclusive to poors, but nobody goes there for their exclusive vacation. It’s too much traffic to enjoy unless you get to go a lot and do not have to do the Saturday to Saturday condo rentals.
This post was edited on 7/1/19 at 3:29 pm
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
94936 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:26 pm to
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B. The super "rich" are not at 30A.
You would be very wrong
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
10364 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:44 pm to
30A is NOT where the uber wealthy hang out. I know people that have houses there who are dentists. That ain’t uber wealth. You can get a house in watercolor for under 1.5 mil. Not uber wealth.

I can rent a nice af house for 10k a week. Not uber wealth.

Go to the hamptons. 10k will buy you one night! THAT is wealth.

I will say though, there is no place that has beaches or water as nice as the emerald coast in the continental US. I’ve seen em all
Posted by icegator337
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2013
3487 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:49 pm to
quote:

I mean Florida has lot of coastline to pick?

This is what I never understood about the hot in style beach places in Florida.

As long as they have solid golf courses and a beach they're all pretty much the same to me.
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:57 pm to
They are the same in that they have sand and water. However, the appeal of 30A is the ability to ride bikes everywhere. To be able to rent a cottage and not a 18th floor condo. That is why we like it down there.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77952 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:01 pm to
quote:

They did move the post office, they're building a tower where it was, and Bud's across the street is expanding

So there are some changes, but they aren't bulldozing the amphitheater to put up condos, ol man Davis don't roll like that


thats good to hear. i guess i heard wrong then; someone said they were making that whole open area into condos but I guess just the post office.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37723 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:02 pm to
quote:

30A is NOT where the uber wealthy hang out. I know people that have houses there who are dentists. That ain’t uber wealth. You can get a house in watercolor for under 1.5 mil. Not uber wealth.

I can rent a nice af house for 10k a week. Not uber wealth.




What about Lyft wealth?
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
38945 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:03 pm to
IDK if Buddy’s is a normal stop for y’all, but check it out this year. Steamed shrimp and much, much more.
Posted by CrimsonTideMD
Member since Dec 2010
6925 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:04 pm to
quote:

I will say though, there is no place that has beaches or water as nice as the emerald coast in the continental US. I’ve seen em all


I agree. I’ve been north to south on both the east and the west coast and I have not found another beach that has a better combination of sugar white sand and beautiful turquoise water.

Siesta key is a close second IMhO
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
10364 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:09 pm to
Siesta is nice but different sand. There’s some nice beaches aroudn sarasota too but the sand is like baby powder. It’s dusty.

I like the sand on emerald coast better.
Posted by Jp1LSU
Fiji
Member since Oct 2005
2542 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:25 pm to
quote:

B. The super "rich" are not at 30A.
You would be very wrong


This comes up so much. I don’t get how people don’t comprehend what they think of as super wealthy in the Deep South isn’t the same as New York, Boston, Cali, DC, and etc.
Posted by Pockets
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
428 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:26 pm to
Wow, didn't know 30A was such a touchy, feely subject for some of you all. My statement was just an oversimplification. I'll be in the Pensacola area in two weeks as that's as far as my east TX. money will take me. Cheers everyone. See you at the beach.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
94936 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:27 pm to
quote:

This comes up so much. I don’t get how people don’t comprehend what they think of as super wealthy in the Deep South isn’t the same as New York, Boston, Cali, DC, and etc.


is 100 million in net worth super wealthy? Because if so I know of multiple people in that range that have houses on 30a

People need to realize a lot of people who made their own money in the south and aren’t old money don’t do the Hampton’s/Malibu scene etc etc
This post was edited on 7/1/19 at 4:33 pm
Posted by JuiceTerry
Roond the Scheme
Member since Apr 2013
40868 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:32 pm to
They're the exception, not the rule, and the same thing could be said from Gulf Shores to Panama City
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
COINTELPRO Fan
Member since May 2012
55557 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:34 pm to
The Penningtons have a place there
Posted by MWP
Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA
Member since Jul 2013
10408 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:38 pm to
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So you think everyone was going to go to 30A and people would just stop going to Destin?



My in-laws actually have a condo in Destin. We used to go in the Summer up until the traffic in Destin got so bad we just said the heck with it and only go in the Fall now, if we go at all. This was also when 30A was still kinda under the radar but now it seems that 30A is the new hip place to go so I figured Destin traffic might be easing up a little.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77952 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:45 pm to
quote:

IDK if Buddy’s is a normal stop for y’all, but check it out this year. Steamed shrimp and much, much more.


its not but based on your rec i just sent this to the wife. this year we are taking little more than a swimsuit and a change of clothes (the house we stay at has a w/d).
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
12930 posts
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:48 pm to
St. Marteen for the win. 30A is for cheesedicks who just got their first production bonus.
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