Pittsburgh Paper Covers Cape May

The Pennsylvania newspapers do a good job of covering the Jersey Shore. This article, I thought, was worth a read, although it only mentions the subject of real estate briefly. Meanwhile, the Asbury Park Press, after carrying a front page headline last Sunday telling us that President Truman dropped an A-Bomb on Hiroshima, should probably have a front page headline this Sunday announcing that a man has landed on the moon.


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"Precious little penetrates the haze of vacation consciousness, notably word that the real estate market is nearing a crash. A vacant lot nowhere near the beach is currently on offer for $3.5 million.

Irrational optimism permeates shore thinking. At the beach, adjacent to a body of water locals call "the Atlantic Ocean," lifeguards spend their days blowing whistles and commanding bathers to come closer to shore."


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