Should I buy a beach vacation home?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted a few times offering my honest views and almost every time I’ve been written off as someone who is just “jealous” that I don’t own a beach house in Delaware that’s a five minute drive from the sand. I know I shouldn’t bother responding and that I’m wasting my breath, but what the hell — I’m bored today.

I actually grew up two blocks from the beach in one of the nicest towns in NJ. Candidly, it’s a lot nicer than Rehoboth. I still have lots of family living in and near my home town. Three of my siblings own modest homes there that nonetheless are worth ridiculous amounts of money. They live there year round. Always have. We’re all close. I visit. I understand the beach scene very, very well.

I have absolutely no desire to live there myself, though. The majority of year round residents of small towns on or near the beach — or the shore, as we call it in NJ — are old AF, conservative if not downright MAGA, not well educated, and white. I cannot relate to any of it.

The Delaware beaches are no different and no better.

If you can afford to buy a home in any of those towns, which I can, there are far better and more interesting places to buy elsewhere. If you can afford to rent a (nice) house for a week or two in any of those towns, you can afford a trip to Europe or the Caribbean instead.

The absolute last thing I would want to do is own a beach house in Delaware that I could only use a week or two in the summer, where I couldn’t see the ocean from my front door, where I would have to come in the off season where more businesses are closed than opened, where the majority of the other people hanging around were old fogies and conservative hicks, and when there’s basically nothing to do.

Yes, I have money. Could I afford a $5 million dollar beachfront home in Rehoboth? Nope. Could I afford a place that costs a couple million? Absolutely. I am, however, supremely uninterested — and not even remotely jealous.

You obviously don’t know the DE beaches well. The people and community owning the beach houses are 2nd home owners from DC, Philly, Wilmington, NY, NJ and not conservative. The locals inland sure, but not the ones owning million dollar homes and up.

I know. Believe me. But those people aren’t there in the offseason. The hicks are.

Aside from the fact that many of those homeowners are in fact there year round, do you have any idea how gay Rehoboth is, and not just in the summer? Because it would appear you do not.

[Anonymous]

OP here - So where are these elusive amazing places to buy a 2nd home? Hilton Head seems like the only upscale place I've found, and I imagine its fairly MAGA these days too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted a few times offering my honest views and almost every time I’ve been written off as someone who is just “jealous” that I don’t own a beach house in Delaware that’s a five minute drive from the sand. I know I shouldn’t bother responding and that I’m wasting my breath, but what the hell — I’m bored today.

I actually grew up two blocks from the beach in one of the nicest towns in NJ. Candidly, it’s a lot nicer than Rehoboth. I still have lots of family living in and near my home town. Three of my siblings own modest homes there that nonetheless are worth ridiculous amounts of money. They live there year round. Always have. We’re all close. I visit. I understand the beach scene very, very well.

I have absolutely no desire to live there myself, though. The majority of year round residents of small towns on or near the beach — or the shore, as we call it in NJ — are old AF, conservative if not downright MAGA, not well educated, and white. I cannot relate to any of it.

The Delaware beaches are no different and no better.

If you can afford to buy a home in any of those towns, which I can, there are far better and more interesting places to buy elsewhere. If you can afford to rent a (nice) house for a week or two in any of those towns, you can afford a trip to Europe or the Caribbean instead.

The absolute last thing I would want to do is own a beach house in Delaware that I could only use a week or two in the summer, where I couldn’t see the ocean from my front door, where I would have to come in the off season where more businesses are closed than opened, where the majority of the other people hanging around were old fogies and conservative hicks, and when there’s basically nothing to do.

Yes, I have money. Could I afford a $5 million dollar beachfront home in Rehoboth? Nope. Could I afford a place that costs a couple million? Absolutely. I am, however, supremely uninterested — and not even remotely jealous.

You obviously don’t know the DE beaches well. The people and community owning the beach houses are 2nd home owners from DC, Philly, Wilmington, NY, NJ and not conservative. The locals inland sure, but not the ones owning million dollar homes and up.

I know. Believe me. But those people aren’t there in the offseason. The hicks are.

Aside from the fact that many of those homeowners are in fact there year round, do you have any idea how gay Rehoboth is, and not just in the summer? Because it would appear you do not.

Sussex County is the only county in Delaware where Obama lost twice. It didn’t even vote for Biden, the native son — he lost the county by 11 points. And four of its five state senators are Republican.

Yes, the gays like Rehoboth in the summer. But that says nothing about who actually lives there and makes all the decisions. It’s a backwater.

And by the way there are plenty of gay conservatives.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted a few times offering my honest views and almost every time I’ve been written off as someone who is just “jealous” that I don’t own a beach house in Delaware that’s a five minute drive from the sand. I know I shouldn’t bother responding and that I’m wasting my breath, but what the hell — I’m bored today.

I actually grew up two blocks from the beach in one of the nicest towns in NJ. Candidly, it’s a lot nicer than Rehoboth. I still have lots of family living in and near my home town. Three of my siblings own modest homes there that nonetheless are worth ridiculous amounts of money. They live there year round. Always have. We’re all close. I visit. I understand the beach scene very, very well.

I have absolutely no desire to live there myself, though. The majority of year round residents of small towns on or near the beach — or the shore, as we call it in NJ — are old AF, conservative if not downright MAGA, not well educated, and white. I cannot relate to any of it.

The Delaware beaches are no different and no better.

If you can afford to buy a home in any of those towns, which I can, there are far better and more interesting places to buy elsewhere. If you can afford to rent a (nice) house for a week or two in any of those towns, you can afford a trip to Europe or the Caribbean instead.

The absolute last thing I would want to do is own a beach house in Delaware that I could only use a week or two in the summer, where I couldn’t see the ocean from my front door, where I would have to come in the off season where more businesses are closed than opened, where the majority of the other people hanging around were old fogies and conservative hicks, and when there’s basically nothing to do.

Yes, I have money. Could I afford a $5 million dollar beachfront home in Rehoboth? Nope. Could I afford a place that costs a couple million? Absolutely. I am, however, supremely uninterested — and not even remotely jealous.

You obviously don’t know the DE beaches well. The people and community owning the beach houses are 2nd home owners from DC, Philly, Wilmington, NY, NJ and not conservative. The locals inland sure, but not the ones owning million dollar homes and up.

I know. Believe me. But those people aren’t there in the offseason. The hicks are.

Aside from the fact that many of those homeowners are in fact there year round, do you have any idea how gay Rehoboth is, and not just in the summer? Because it would appear you do not.

Sussex County is the only county in Delaware where Obama lost twice. It didn’t even vote for Biden, the native son — he lost the county by 11 points. And four of its five state senators are Republican.

Yes, the gays like Rehoboth in the summer. But that says nothing about who actually lives there and makes all the decisions. It’s a backwater.

And by the way there are plenty of gay conservatives.

I am very aware that it's possible to be a gay conservative. But I'm also aware that Rehoboth does not equal Sussex County. So there's that.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted a few times offering my honest views and almost every time I’ve been written off as someone who is just “jealous” that I don’t own a beach house in Delaware that’s a five minute drive from the sand. I know I shouldn’t bother responding and that I’m wasting my breath, but what the hell — I’m bored today.

I actually grew up two blocks from the beach in one of the nicest towns in NJ. Candidly, it’s a lot nicer than Rehoboth. I still have lots of family living in and near my home town. Three of my siblings own modest homes there that nonetheless are worth ridiculous amounts of money. They live there year round. Always have. We’re all close. I visit. I understand the beach scene very, very well.

I have absolutely no desire to live there myself, though. The majority of year round residents of small towns on or near the beach — or the shore, as we call it in NJ — are old AF, conservative if not downright MAGA, not well educated, and white. I cannot relate to any of it.

The Delaware beaches are no different and no better.

If you can afford to buy a home in any of those towns, which I can, there are far better and more interesting places to buy elsewhere. If you can afford to rent a (nice) house for a week or two in any of those towns, you can afford a trip to Europe or the Caribbean instead.

The absolute last thing I would want to do is own a beach house in Delaware that I could only use a week or two in the summer, where I couldn’t see the ocean from my front door, where I would have to come in the off season where more businesses are closed than opened, where the majority of the other people hanging around were old fogies and conservative hicks, and when there’s basically nothing to do.

Yes, I have money. Could I afford a $5 million dollar beachfront home in Rehoboth? Nope. Could I afford a place that costs a couple million? Absolutely. I am, however, supremely uninterested — and not even remotely jealous.

You obviously don’t know the DE beaches well. The people and community owning the beach houses are 2nd home owners from DC, Philly, Wilmington, NY, NJ and not conservative. The locals inland sure, but not the ones owning million dollar homes and up.

I know. Believe me. But those people aren’t there in the offseason. The hicks are.

Aside from the fact that many of those homeowners are in fact there year round, do you have any idea how gay Rehoboth is, and not just in the summer? Because it would appear you do not.

Sussex County is the only county in Delaware where Obama lost twice. It didn’t even vote for Biden, the native son — he lost the county by 11 points. And four of its five state senators are Republican.

Yes, the gays like Rehoboth in the summer. But that says nothing about who actually lives there and makes all the decisions. It’s a backwater.

And by the way there are plenty of gay conservatives.

I am very aware that it's possible to be a gay conservative. But I'm also aware that Rehoboth does not equal Sussex County. So there's that.

Oh, I see. When you’re proven wrong you simply move the goal post.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted a few times offering my honest views and almost every time I’ve been written off as someone who is just “jealous” that I don’t own a beach house in Delaware that’s a five minute drive from the sand. I know I shouldn’t bother responding and that I’m wasting my breath, but what the hell — I’m bored today.

I actually grew up two blocks from the beach in one of the nicest towns in NJ. Candidly, it’s a lot nicer than Rehoboth. I still have lots of family living in and near my home town. Three of my siblings own modest homes there that nonetheless are worth ridiculous amounts of money. They live there year round. Always have. We’re all close. I visit. I understand the beach scene very, very well.

I have absolutely no desire to live there myself, though. The majority of year round residents of small towns on or near the beach — or the shore, as we call it in NJ — are old AF, conservative if not downright MAGA, not well educated, and white. I cannot relate to any of it.

The Delaware beaches are no different and no better.

If you can afford to buy a home in any of those towns, which I can, there are far better and more interesting places to buy elsewhere. If you can afford to rent a (nice) house for a week or two in any of those towns, you can afford a trip to Europe or the Caribbean instead.

The absolute last thing I would want to do is own a beach house in Delaware that I could only use a week or two in the summer, where I couldn’t see the ocean from my front door, where I would have to come in the off season where more businesses are closed than opened, where the majority of the other people hanging around were old fogies and conservative hicks, and when there’s basically nothing to do.

Yes, I have money. Could I afford a $5 million dollar beachfront home in Rehoboth? Nope. Could I afford a place that costs a couple million? Absolutely. I am, however, supremely uninterested — and not even remotely jealous.

You obviously don’t know the DE beaches well. The people and community owning the beach houses are 2nd home owners from DC, Philly, Wilmington, NY, NJ and not conservative. The locals inland sure, but not the ones owning million dollar homes and up.

I know. Believe me. But those people aren’t there in the offseason. The hicks are.

Aside from the fact that many of those homeowners are in fact there year round, do you have any idea how gay Rehoboth is, and not just in the summer? Because it would appear you do not.

Sussex County is the only county in Delaware where Obama lost twice. It didn’t even vote for Biden, the native son — he lost the county by 11 points. And four of its five state senators are Republican.

Yes, the gays like Rehoboth in the summer. But that says nothing about who actually lives there and makes all the decisions. It’s a backwater.

And by the way there are plenty of gay conservatives.

I am very aware that it's possible to be a gay conservative. But I'm also aware that Rehoboth does not equal Sussex County. So there's that.

Oh, I see. When you’re proven wrong you simply move the goal post.

Lol, says the person quoting Sussex County stats. Bless your heart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted a few times offering my honest views and almost every time I’ve been written off as someone who is just “jealous” that I don’t own a beach house in Delaware that’s a five minute drive from the sand. I know I shouldn’t bother responding and that I’m wasting my breath, but what the hell — I’m bored today.

I actually grew up two blocks from the beach in one of the nicest towns in NJ. Candidly, it’s a lot nicer than Rehoboth. I still have lots of family living in and near my home town. Three of my siblings own modest homes there that nonetheless are worth ridiculous amounts of money. They live there year round. Always have. We’re all close. I visit. I understand the beach scene very, very well.

I have absolutely no desire to live there myself, though. The majority of year round residents of small towns on or near the beach — or the shore, as we call it in NJ — are old AF, conservative if not downright MAGA, not well educated, and white. I cannot relate to any of it.

The Delaware beaches are no different and no better.

If you can afford to buy a home in any of those towns, which I can, there are far better and more interesting places to buy elsewhere. If you can afford to rent a (nice) house for a week or two in any of those towns, you can afford a trip to Europe or the Caribbean instead.

The absolute last thing I would want to do is own a beach house in Delaware that I could only use a week or two in the summer, where I couldn’t see the ocean from my front door, where I would have to come in the off season where more businesses are closed than opened, where the majority of the other people hanging around were old fogies and conservative hicks, and when there’s basically nothing to do.

Yes, I have money. Could I afford a $5 million dollar beachfront home in Rehoboth? Nope. Could I afford a place that costs a couple million? Absolutely. I am, however, supremely uninterested — and not even remotely jealous.

You obviously don’t know the DE beaches well. The people and community owning the beach houses are 2nd home owners from DC, Philly, Wilmington, NY, NJ and not conservative. The locals inland sure, but not the ones owning million dollar homes and up.

I know. Believe me. But those people aren’t there in the offseason. The hicks are.

Aside from the fact that many of those homeowners are in fact there year round, do you have any idea how gay Rehoboth is, and not just in the summer? Because it would appear you do not.

Sussex County is the only county in Delaware where Obama lost twice. It didn’t even vote for Biden, the native son — he lost the county by 11 points. And four of its five state senators are Republican.

Yes, the gays like Rehoboth in the summer. But that says nothing about who actually lives there and makes all the decisions. It’s a backwater.

And by the way there are plenty of gay conservatives.

I am very aware that it's possible to be a gay conservative. But I'm also aware that Rehoboth does not equal Sussex County. So there's that.

Oh, I see. When you’re proven wrong you simply move the goal post.

Lol, says the person quoting Sussex County stats. Bless your heart.

Weak response. Real weak. Almost as weak as saying “Rehoboth has lots of gays in the summer so that makes living there year round a liberal Mecca!”

[Anonymous]

The town of Rehoboth itself has barely 1000 year round residents, 97 percent of whom are white. The median age is over 64. Sounds like a blast!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The town of Rehoboth itself has barely 1000 year round residents, 97 percent of whom are white. The median age is over 64. Sounds like a blast!

Sounds good to me!😁👍

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted a few times offering my honest views and almost every time I’ve been written off as someone who is just “jealous” that I don’t own a beach house in Delaware that’s a five minute drive from the sand. I know I shouldn’t bother responding and that I’m wasting my breath, but what the hell — I’m bored today.

I actually grew up two blocks from the beach in one of the nicest towns in NJ. Candidly, it’s a lot nicer than Rehoboth. I still have lots of family living in and near my home town. Three of my siblings own modest homes there that nonetheless are worth ridiculous amounts of money. They live there year round. Always have. We’re all close. I visit. I understand the beach scene very, very well.

I have absolutely no desire to live there myself, though. The majority of year round residents of small towns on or near the beach — or the shore, as we call it in NJ — are old AF, conservative if not downright MAGA, not well educated, and white. I cannot relate to any of it.

The Delaware beaches are no different and no better.

If you can afford to buy a home in any of those towns, which I can, there are far better and more interesting places to buy elsewhere. If you can afford to rent a (nice) house for a week or two in any of those towns, you can afford a trip to Europe or the Caribbean instead.

The absolute last thing I would want to do is own a beach house in Delaware that I could only use a week or two in the summer, where I couldn’t see the ocean from my front door, where I would have to come in the off season where more businesses are closed than opened, where the majority of the other people hanging around were old fogies and conservative hicks, and when there’s basically nothing to do.

Yes, I have money. Could I afford a $5 million dollar beachfront home in Rehoboth? Nope. Could I afford a place that costs a couple million? Absolutely. I am, however, supremely uninterested — and not even remotely jealous.

That is good you are not jealous as a couple of million will not even get you a nice house in the city of Rehoboth now. Try 3m+. Why? Because it is desirable and inventory is low. You won’t get beachfront for 5m either. May want to stick with jersey. lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - So where are these elusive amazing places to buy a 2nd home? Hilton Head seems like the only upscale place I've found, and I imagine its fairly MAGA these days too.

We spent a month in Sanibel and I really loved it there, but husband really did not like the red tide that sometimes occurred, so I don't think we will ever buy there for that reason. I think it's more liberal than other parts of FL, but that might not be saying a lot.

In HHI, I only go to Sea Pines and I like it a lot, and it didn't strike me as particularly MAGA.

There are direct flights DCA to Nantucket. I'm also the one who said I've likely decided to rent for a few months a year rather than buy, though.

[Anonymous]

We have a nice place in Tahoe. It’s great in both summer and winter. Just make sure you’re going to use it to justify the expenses. Otherwise it’s going to become a headache.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve posted a few times offering my honest views and almost every time I’ve been written off as someone who is just “jealous” that I don’t own a beach house in Delaware that’s a five minute drive from the sand. I know I shouldn’t bother responding and that I’m wasting my breath, but what the hell — I’m bored today.

I actually grew up two blocks from the beach in one of the nicest towns in NJ. Candidly, it’s a lot nicer than Rehoboth. I still have lots of family living in and near my home town. Three of my siblings own modest homes there that nonetheless are worth ridiculous amounts of money. They live there year round. Always have. We’re all close. I visit. I understand the beach scene very, very well.

I have absolutely no desire to live there myself, though. The majority of year round residents of small towns on or near the beach — or the shore, as we call it in NJ — are old AF, conservative if not downright MAGA, not well educated, and white. I cannot relate to any of it.

The Delaware beaches are no different and no better.

If you can afford to buy a home in any of those towns, which I can, there are far better and more interesting places to buy elsewhere. If you can afford to rent a (nice) house for a week or two in any of those towns, you can afford a trip to Europe or the Caribbean instead.

The absolute last thing I would want to do is own a beach house in Delaware that I could only use a week or two in the summer, where I couldn’t see the ocean from my front door, where I would have to come in the off season where more businesses are closed than opened, where the majority of the other people hanging around were old fogies and conservative hicks, and when there’s basically nothing to do.

Yes, I have money. Could I afford a $5 million dollar beachfront home in Rehoboth? Nope. Could I afford a place that costs a couple million? Absolutely. I am, however, supremely uninterested — and not even remotely jealous.

That is good you are not jealous as a couple of million will not even get you a nice house in the city of Rehoboth now. Try 3m+. Why? Because it is desirable and inventory is low. You won’t get beachfront for 5m either. May want to stick with jersey. lol.

Rehoboth sucks. The beach there gets so crowded in the summer that you can barely find a patch of unoccupied sand to put your towel down. So so many better places to have a beach vacation home than Delaware.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - So where are these elusive amazing places to buy a 2nd home? Hilton Head seems like the only upscale place I've found, and I imagine its fairly MAGA these days too.

We spent a month in Sanibel and I really loved it there, but husband really did not like the red tide that sometimes occurred, so I don't think we will ever buy there for that reason. I think it's more liberal than other parts of FL, but that might not be saying a lot.

In HHI, I only go to Sea Pines and I like it a lot, and it didn't strike me as particularly MAGA.

There are direct flights DCA to Nantucket. I'm also the one who said I've likely decided to rent for a few months a year rather than buy, though.

The preponderance of libs on DCUM are so funny. MAGA this and MAGA that. Get a grip on reality.

[Anonymous]

Cape Cod all the way!