Eastern Shore - why so ugly?

[Anonymous]

We just returned from the Spring Break in Lewes Beach. OMG - what was I thinking?! First time there and this was miserable. Close to zero attractions. They have a massive road just outside the town with endless shopping malls. Is that how the beach towns feel like on the East Coast?! We drove to Bethany Beach, which was just so ugly. Zero charm and so much ugliness. Sorry - a recent transplant from France here and my disappointment is huge. Is OXC equally as ugly? Is Florida better?

[Anonymous]

I’m not a huge fan, but wow. You are extremely rude. If you can’t appreciate a natural coastline, sandy beaches and some flowers and a boardwalk, I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe try the Maldives?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just returned from the Spring Break in Lewes Beach. OMG - what was I thinking?! First time there and this was miserable. Close to zero attractions. They have a massive road just outside the town with endless shopping malls. Is that how the beach towns feel like on the East Coast?! We drove to Bethany Beach, which was just so ugly. Zero charm and so much ugliness. Sorry - a recent transplant from France here and my disappointment is huge. Is OXC equally as ugly? Is Florida better?

. Atlantic ocean is mostly ugly. OBX is terrible for me. I like Ft Myers and St Pete beach area and nothing in the states equals San Tropez

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just returned from the Spring Break in Lewes Beach. OMG - what was I thinking?! First time there and this was miserable. Close to zero attractions. They have a massive road just outside the town with endless shopping malls. Is that how the beach towns feel like on the East Coast?! We drove to Bethany Beach, which was just so ugly. Zero charm and so much ugliness. Sorry - a recent transplant from France here and my disappointment is huge. Is OXC equally as ugly? Is Florida better?

This you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just returned from the Spring Break in Lewes Beach. OMG - what was I thinking?! First time there and this was miserable. Close to zero attractions. They have a massive road just outside the town with endless shopping malls. Is that how the beach towns feel like on the East Coast?! We drove to Bethany Beach, which was just so ugly. Zero charm and so much ugliness. Sorry - a recent transplant from France here and my disappointment is huge. Is OXC equally as ugly? Is Florida better?

This you?

Haha OP here - yeah, you are right, it wasn’t that bad. Simply so different than what I am used to. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

You really don’t seem like a recent transplant from France.

[Anonymous]

You went to the Maryland eastern shore in late march or early April with unreasonable expectations. Go in summer while embracing all the quirkiness of Maryland eastern shore during its high season.

[Anonymous]

I mean ... did you look at pictures before you left? The beaches on the east coast aren't Caribbean level beaches, it sounds like you had unrealistic expectations because you didn't do your research.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you need to pay more for the Caribbean for spring break next year

[Anonymous]

The mid-Atlantic beach communities are not what most people would consider charming. There are beaches that are wide and empty and (imo) beautiful but not cute beach towns.

If that’s what you are looking you would do better in the Northeast— parts of coastal RI, Mass., Maine.

[Anonymous]

Berlin, MD might be what you are looking for— a little inland from Assateague.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Berlin, MD might be what you are looking for— a little inland from Assateague.

Also maybe St Michaels or other towns more on the Chesapeake? I think the older towns are not the beach towns.

[Anonymous]

I like Bethany a lot, I think it’s charming and cute

[Anonymous]

Commercial development tends to ruin the charm that popular beach destinations may have once had. The east end of Long Island retains it somewhat in places, especially on the north fork and out of season. The Atlantic beaches out there are mostly pristine and lovely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just returned from the Spring Break in Lewes Beach. OMG - what was I thinking?! First time there and this was miserable. Close to zero attractions. They have a massive road just outside the town with endless shopping malls. Is that how the beach towns feel like on the East Coast?! We drove to Bethany Beach, which was just so ugly. Zero charm and so much ugliness. Sorry - a recent transplant from France here and my disappointment is huge. Is OXC equally as ugly? Is Florida better?

What made you want to go to Lewes Beach?? Seems like you had simply no idea what you were doing. It’s so easy to spend 30 seconds googling a place before going to it? This isn’t the beach’s fault— it’s your fault for being ignorant.