DGS49
Diamond Member
I just got back from a week at the Outer Banks, and two things struck me heavily (aside from the enjoyment of the vacation):
There were literally thousands of vacation homes, valued at 3/4 million and up, and even though many, if not most of them were purchased through some sort of shared ownership, they still represent untold millions of DISCRETIONARY dollars, spent by Americans so that they can have a week or two of enjoyment at a beach that is...to be honest...not so great. No surfing, the swimming varies between awful and dangerous. Hell, even wading in the water is dangerous (details provided if you want). The best thing about the beaches is that they are not crowded.
The second thing was...ready for this?...everyone was white. No Blacks, no Indians, no Chinese, no Arabs. Hell, there were barely any Italians. One can only hope that the reason for this is that BIPOC's with the means have other places where they prefer to vacation.
It's a good place to relax - we've been going there on and off for decades - and as time goes by there are more and more things to do. It is a very popular place to vacation for people from Western Pennsylvania and Ohio, judging by license plates.
There were literally thousands of vacation homes, valued at 3/4 million and up, and even though many, if not most of them were purchased through some sort of shared ownership, they still represent untold millions of DISCRETIONARY dollars, spent by Americans so that they can have a week or two of enjoyment at a beach that is...to be honest...not so great. No surfing, the swimming varies between awful and dangerous. Hell, even wading in the water is dangerous (details provided if you want). The best thing about the beaches is that they are not crowded.
The second thing was...ready for this?...everyone was white. No Blacks, no Indians, no Chinese, no Arabs. Hell, there were barely any Italians. One can only hope that the reason for this is that BIPOC's with the means have other places where they prefer to vacation.
It's a good place to relax - we've been going there on and off for decades - and as time goes by there are more and more things to do. It is a very popular place to vacation for people from Western Pennsylvania and Ohio, judging by license plates.