Has Rehoboth Beach changed for the worse ?

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Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

MV?

Martha's Vineyard. Good choice. There is nothing upscale around this area, but people like to think it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

Sorry to derail - I am close with 3 black upper middle class families who all vacation in Martha's Vineyard every summer (not together)...I know it's beautiful but does it have a reputation for being particularly welcoming to black families? Just curious as I don't seem to have any white friends that vacation there and I've always thought of it as the pinnacle of WASPy. Is it because it was the Obama's preferred vacation destination on the east coast that it gained popularity for black families?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

Sorry to derail - I am close with 3 black upper middle class families who all vacation in Martha's Vineyard every summer (not together)...I know it's beautiful but does it have a reputation for being particularly welcoming to black families? Just curious as I don't seem to have any white friends that vacation there and I've always thought of it as the pinnacle of WASPy. Is it because it was the Obama's preferred vacation destination on the east coast that it gained popularity for black families?

Oh my. Maybe you should google Sag Harbor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

I'm a DP, but I think the "change" in Rehoboth isn't related to color, but perceived socioeconomic status. More directly: white trash covered in piercings and tattoos. 20 years ago, you didn't see that in Rehoboth---you saw it only in OC.

Candidly, it was upscale when the gay community was more heavily present. They seemed to have moved on to other vacation spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

MV?

Martha's Vineyard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

Sorry to derail - I am close with 3 black upper middle class families who all vacation in Martha's Vineyard every summer (not together)...I know it's beautiful but does it have a reputation for being particularly welcoming to black families? Just curious as I don't seem to have any white friends that vacation there and I've always thought of it as the pinnacle of WASPy. Is it because it was the Obama's preferred vacation destination on the east coast that it gained popularity for black families?

I assume they are going to Oak Bluffs.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a6668/oak-bluffs-african-american-community/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

Sorry to derail - I am close with 3 black upper middle class families who all vacation in Martha's Vineyard every summer (not together)...I know it's beautiful but does it have a reputation for being particularly welcoming to black families? Just curious as I don't seem to have any white friends that vacation there and I've always thought of it as the pinnacle of WASPy. Is it because it was the Obama's preferred vacation destination on the east coast that it gained popularity for black families?

It started way before Obama -Oak Bluffs was an upscale beach haven for Black professionals long before Obama.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marthas-vineyard-oak-bluffs-smithsonian-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture/

[Anonymous]

And for more about how Americans police the whiteness of their beaches:

https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/shore-thing/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

I'm a DP, but I think the "change" in Rehoboth isn't related to color, but perceived socioeconomic status. More directly: white trash covered in piercings and tattoos. 20 years ago, you didn't see that in Rehoboth---you saw it only in OC.

Candidly, it was upscale when the gay community was more heavily present. They seemed to have moved on to other vacation spots.

+1. Continuing the candid trend - it is not people of color causing the difference in Rehoboth Beach. It is the white trash. I am the poster who mentioned Bethany being white. I didn’t mean to imply that people of color were causing the decline in Rehoboth but to point out that there is no diversity in Bethany.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrors, the poors have infiltrated your upscale oasis.

What is wrong with not wanting to vacation with trashy low life people? People went to Rehoboth expecting upscale and I can understand their disappointment with obese, tattoo covered, obnoxious, drunk people starting to go their en made too. They already had Ocean City. Let UMC people have Rehoboth.

[Anonymous]

Yes it seems like a ton of white trash has moved into Rehoboth.
The upscale gay community seems to have left.
At least Bethany still draws a much better behaved crowd.

[Anonymous]

Where do the Ocean City/Myrtle Beach type people of Massachusetts go to the beach? Everyone talks of how upscale MV/Nantucket are so where do the lower socioeconomic Massholes go? They are not infiltrating MV or Nantucket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do the Ocean City/Myrtle Beach type people of Massachusetts go to the beach? Everyone talks of how upscale MV/Nantucket are so where do the lower socioeconomic Massholes go? They are not infiltrating MV or Nantucket.

They can't afford to--MV and Nantucket are extremely expensive. They go to the local beaches: Duxbury, Scituate, Hull etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do the Ocean City/Myrtle Beach type people of Massachusetts go to the beach? Everyone talks of how upscale MV/Nantucket are so where do the lower socioeconomic Massholes go? They are not infiltrating MV or Nantucket.

Hampton Beach, NH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started going to Rehoboth about 10 years ago with my IL's. I never saw it as the upscale place as they kept saying it was. Those beach trips stopped a few years ago. Now DH, kids and I go to Bethany. There is a difference in people who visit both beaches. Bethany is decidedly more white, upscale preppy. Rehoboth - especially on weekends - does seem to have the Ocean City crowd vibe to it.

I wouldn't want to spend a week in Rehoboth, but it's still fun to go there one evening while we are at Bethany.

We are a black MD/PhD couple new to the area. We've been to Rehoboth once before with our toddler, but it seems that the presence of people who look like us is reason for some to avoid the area. We're heading to MV this year instead.

Sorry to derail - I am close with 3 black upper middle class families who all vacation in Martha's Vineyard every summer (not together)...I know it's beautiful but does it have a reputation for being particularly welcoming to black families? Just curious as I don't seem to have any white friends that vacation there and I've always thought of it as the pinnacle of WASPy. Is it because it was the Obama's preferred vacation destination on the east coast that it gained popularity for black families?

I assume they are going to Oak Bluffs.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a6668/oak-bluffs-african-american-community/

PP here. We won’t be in Oak Bluffs, but close by. We’re going with extended family, and friends and neighbors will also be there.

I used to think it was a bit snooty to go there, but after reading a little more of the history, I’m looking forward to it. It'll be nice to relax and not feel conspicuous, as we’ve felt on occasion in other vacation spots as the only visible minorities.

The NMAAHC also has a piece on MV:

http://www.mvtimes.com/2017/02/14/oak-bluffs-african-american-history-featured-smithsonian-exhibit/