How Do I Get My Picture on The Two River Times Back Page?

Danny of Danny's Steak House writes a regular column for the Atlantic Herald. In general, the writing is usually good, or informative, or at the very least benign. However, I sort of cringed when I read the paragraph below. I don't think that Danny, or the woman that he referenced are necessarily wrong when Monmouth County is referred to as a "Club." When I think of the word "club" though, it reminds me of exclusion or stratification. What is interesting though, in my opinion, is that in the Monmouth County hierarchy of well-to-do-citizens, the stratification is not as pronounced here as it is in NYC, however, the striving is more aggressive and not subtle enough not to be occasionally laughed at.

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"One women customer of mine, who has lived here for years, commented that with her job in New York and her home in Little Silver she feels she is a member of the "Club." I loved her analogy as to how she viewed living here; it is one big club that we all are a part of. With all the facets that make up the fabric of living here I have always felt a sense of community about the area but actually a step above that. Her coining the phrase the "Club" hit the nail on the head for me. That was the feeling I have always had about living here, that we are all a part of something bigger then just living in a town."


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