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On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 18:35:11 -0400,
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:17:14 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:21:14 -0400, Justan Ohlphart
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On 4/18/2020 8:53 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/18/20 1:09 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:34:51 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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Keyser Soze wrote:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is allowing some beaches in northern Florida
to reopen, The Associated Press reported on Friday, even though the
state has continued to see an increase in coronavirus cases.

As of Friday, Florida had reported over 24,000 cases of the virus and
nearly 700 deaths.

DeSantis, who initially left it up to local officials to close their
beaches and other establishments, said at a news conference on Friday
that some counties could start reopening their beaches if they wanted,
adding that it was important for people to get fresh air, the AP
reported.

"Do it in a good way," DeSantis said. "Do it in a safe way."

As long as social distancing is done, what is different than going
out to
walk the neighborhood?

Harry thinks going to the beach is taking the train out to Fire
Island. I doubt he has ever seen a beach without people laying on
overlapping blankets.

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/bb/08/38/b...ney-island.jpg




Where do you get these absurd ideas? I've never been to Fire Island or
Coney Island, and I've rarely even been out to Long Island. We had
beautiful, uncrowded beaches where we summered in the New Haven area.

These beaches:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJmpuojDL-k&t=119s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3VRTNpGrVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m278c3ryidw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqpcysyeJ1I


You missed one.
Whats so special about this place?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQamUMr9Gl8

I am still wondering what is wrong with that place that makes real
estate so cheap. 3000 sq/ft houses on a private beach only draw
350-400k. I would think within commuting distance of the business
capital of the world would drive prices up into 7 figures.

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Actually they are outside the easy commuting distance to NYC, much
closer to New Haven, CT. I thnk virtually all of those places started
out as summer cottages and may be not be finished as well as you'd
like. It's also possible that they are uninsurable since they have
little elevation or setback. Boating is problematic also since the
shore there is so exposed.

Yeah, 3000 sq/ft "cottages". It reminds me of some of the "cabins" we
rented in the mountains.
Doesn't the train drop you right in Penn Plaza? My Buddy's brother was
a conductor on that train until he retired. He used to get drunk and
call out every stop from New Haven to NYC or until someone said, "this
is our stop so stop" ;-)
I looked at a couple on Zillow and it looks like they have been fairly
well upgraded but they are still old houses. I guess the preFIRM thing
may be an issue but there are plenty of preFIRM houses, more like 1800
sq/ft in on the water (canal) that are getting a half mil around here
and if you are talking beach front on the gulf, $2.5 Mil won't even
get you a teardown on Bonita Beach.
I just looked at a bare lot with the same 50' of beach ( 27866 Hickory
Blvd) that they want $2,875,000 for.

Obviously beach front and boat don't go together. At least until you
get up into the tens of megabucks for a compound that spans beach to
bay.

It really just surprised me. I thought Connecticut was full of rich
people. If you can buy a house, even a teardown, on a private road
with a private beach for $350k, maybe not so much.


My godson is VP of a large company in NYC. He transferred to SoCal last
year, and his house in a very nice area had only gone up a couple hundred K
in maybe 10 years. Train commute distance if the city, and even had very
few offers over an extended time before he sold. New Canaan if I remember
correctly.