Delaware Beaches - can I please have the lowdown?

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Anonymous wrote:Rehoboth is more family-oriented and traditionally has an LGBTQ+ presence.

Dewey is drunk singles. 20-somethings piled into group houses.

Lewes and Bethany are pretty dead. Not much town life. No boardwalk.

With what you describe, I'd pick Rehoboth.

Bethany has a boardwalk.

No it has a block.

Bethany is gross. OP do Rehoboth

Rehoboth is trashy.

What’s trash about Rehoboth?

Rehoboth has gone downhill. We went there on a Saturday night last summer. I have not been in about 4-5 years. So crowded and the type of people there was resembling more like the OC crowd. I was shocked by the change.

Kind of true but so has OC. It’s much worse. New houses are going for $4-5m in Rehoboth and weekly rentals for $6-7k for a condo. A house for a week would be in the $12-$16k range.

Are you serious?

My God this area is gotten overrated.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these places sound great? I’d say you’re better off trekking down to NC / SC / Georgia or New England vs whatever this overpriced mess is. I really want to get behind the DE beaches so we can have a beach home that isn’t super far away but this just sounds… awful? Especially coming from New England with Nantucket, MV, Cape, hell even the CT shore out near Westbrook / Old Saybrook.

I was going to say something similar. We go to Long Island several times a summer and it’s a slog but I find the drive to the DE beaches to be very annoying and OC and Chincoteague takes almost the same amount of time.

I hear you. I guess that. is the reason I've never been. I just want to go to Maine as usual, but we've got a senior and a sophomore, and it will be so much easier and more enjoyable for all if we stay local and they can see or bring friends. The senior will probably be working and may not come for the whole week, the sophomore will wither without friends etc etc.

Love summer in Maine. Relatively still underrated especially the further up the coast you go and the interior lake regions are spectacular too. Sounds like DE is the best move for your situation though!

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Anonymous wrote:They are all crowded in the summer. You'd probably like Bethany the best if you want a more laid-back experience. Rent a house in one of the private communities that are on the north and south ends of town.

Teens do NOT want to be in Bethany.

Get a rental in Rehoboth by the Sea, which is close to Dewey and the beach isn't as crowded as downtown Rehoboth.

Was coming here to say the same thing - this is basically the north side of Dewey, which has a very different vibe than the south side (bars/meat market). North Dewey/Rehoboth by the Sea is quieter and much less crowded than Rehoboth or other nearby beaches.

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Rehoboth fits. The kids can drive to OC or Dewy, Fenwick, Lewes if bored.

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We usually go to Maine/New England as well but weren’t willing to make the drive last year. We stayed in the Pines area of Rehoboth, which is the closest to the NE feel as you can get in Delaware. It was fine. We will be going further afield next year.

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Anonymous wrote:The beaches are far superior anywhere in OC up to Fenwick (compared to the DE beaches.)

And at that end of OC, the beaches are not nearly as crowded as they are in DE. I am used to going to the beach around 120th St and we went to Bethany to meet with friends this summer. I couldn't believe how narrow the beach was and everyone was on top of one another. It was eye-opening. Another advantage of north OC/Fenwick is that teens can ride the bus from 144th St all the way to the Boardwalk and it runs every few minutes. I believe Delaware has a beach bus as well but the times are much further apart. Ocean City's bus is easy--one way down and one way back with lots of stops in between. And its like $4 all day.

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Anonymous wrote:Rehoboth is more family-oriented and traditionally has an LGBTQ+ presence.

Dewey is drunk singles. 20-somethings piled into group houses.

Lewes and Bethany are pretty dead. Not much town life. No boardwalk.

With what you describe, I'd pick Rehoboth.

Bethany has a boardwalk.

No it has a block.

Bethany is gross. OP do Rehoboth

Rehoboth is trashy.

What’s trash about Rehoboth?

Rehoboth has gone downhill. We went there on a Saturday night last summer. I have not been in about 4-5 years. So crowded and the type of people there was resembling more like the OC crowd. I was shocked by the change.

Kind of true but so has OC. It’s much worse. New houses are going for $4-5m in Rehoboth and weekly rentals for $6-7k for a condo. A house for a week would be in the $12-$16k range.

Are you serious?

My God this area is gotten overrated.

You CAN rent a house in Rehoboth for 12-16k per week, especially if you must have ocean block that can sleep 25 people. The house we rent goes for about 4.5k per week, sleeps 10, and is about a 12 minute walk from the beach (an easy walk, still on the beach side of Route 1). FYI, my older child went to OC a couple times with a friend and thinks Rehoboth is way better.

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Anonymous wrote:Rehoboth is more family-oriented and traditionally has an LGBTQ+ presence.

Dewey is drunk singles. 20-somethings piled into group houses.

Lewes and Bethany are pretty dead. Not much town life. No boardwalk.

With what you describe, I'd pick Rehoboth.

Bethany has a boardwalk.

No it has a block.

Bethany is gross. OP do Rehoboth

Rehoboth is trashy.

What’s trash about Rehoboth?

Rehoboth has gone downhill. We went there on a Saturday night last summer. I have not been in about 4-5 years. So crowded and the type of people there was resembling more like the OC crowd. I was shocked by the change.

Kind of true but so has OC. It’s much worse. New houses are going for $4-5m in Rehoboth and weekly rentals for $6-7k for a condo. A house for a week would be in the $12-$16k range.

Are you serious?

My God this area is gotten overrated.

You CAN rent a house in Rehoboth for 12-16k per week, especially if you must have ocean block that can sleep 25 people. The house we rent goes for about 4.5k per week, sleeps 10, and is about a 12 minute walk from the beach (an easy walk, still on the beach side of Route 1). FYI, my older child went to OC a couple times with a friend and thinks Rehoboth is way better.

If I'm going to the beach, I want to be at the beach, not a 12 minute walk through the pine forest with chairs and umbrellas, towels, sand toys and food and drinks for the day. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Rehoboth is more family-oriented and traditionally has an LGBTQ+ presence.

Dewey is drunk singles. 20-somethings piled into group houses.

Lewes and Bethany are pretty dead. Not much town life. No boardwalk.

With what you describe, I'd pick Rehoboth.

Bethany has a boardwalk.

No it has a block.

Bethany is gross. OP do Rehoboth

Rehoboth is trashy.

What’s trash about Rehoboth?

Rehoboth has gone downhill. We went there on a Saturday night last summer. I have not been in about 4-5 years. So crowded and the type of people there was resembling more like the OC crowd. I was shocked by the change.

Kind of true but so has OC. It’s much worse. New houses are going for $4-5m in Rehoboth and weekly rentals for $6-7k for a condo. A house for a week would be in the $12-$16k range.

Are you serious?

My God this area is gotten overrated.

You CAN rent a house in Rehoboth for 12-16k per week, especially if you must have ocean block that can sleep 25 people. The house we rent goes for about 4.5k per week, sleeps 10, and is about a 12 minute walk from the beach (an easy walk, still on the beach side of Route 1). FYI, my older child went to OC a couple times with a friend and thinks Rehoboth is way better.

If I'm going to the beach, I want to be at the beach, not a 12 minute walk through the pine forest with chairs and umbrellas, towels, sand toys and food and drinks for the day. No thanks.

Enjoy sitting in traffic or in your car for many more hours for your perfect destination. It is what it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you want to vacation? a week in the summer?

I agree Rehoboth is probably the best bet given what you've described.

Personally, I like the northern parts of ocean City. We used to stay around 120th street.

But my very favorite place to stay is Chincoteague - small town, beautiful sunrises and sunsets on the water, you do have to drive to the beach but it's a beautiful wild beach (though there's a lot going on with the beaches and moving the parking lots). It's further, but I love it best.

But where can you stay in CHincoteague?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you want to vacation? a week in the summer?

I agree Rehoboth is probably the best bet given what you've described.

Personally, I like the northern parts of ocean City. We used to stay around 120th street.

But my very favorite place to stay is Chincoteague - small town, beautiful sunrises and sunsets on the water, you do have to drive to the beach but it's a beautiful wild beach (though there's a lot going on with the beaches and moving the parking lots). It's further, but I love it best.

But where can you stay in CHincoteague?

With the biting flies.

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Anonymous wrote:Rehoboth is more family-oriented and traditionally has an LGBTQ+ presence.

Dewey is drunk singles. 20-somethings piled into group houses.

Lewes and Bethany are pretty dead. Not much town life. No boardwalk.

With what you describe, I'd pick Rehoboth.

Bethany has a boardwalk.

No it has a block.

Bethany is gross. OP do Rehoboth

Rehoboth is trashy.

What’s trash about Rehoboth?

Rehoboth has gone downhill. We went there on a Saturday night last summer. I have not been in about 4-5 years. So crowded and the type of people there was resembling more like the OC crowd. I was shocked by the change.

Kind of true but so has OC. It’s much worse. New houses are going for $4-5m in Rehoboth and weekly rentals for $6-7k for a condo. A house for a week would be in the $12-$16k range.

Are you serious?

My God this area is gotten overrated.

You CAN rent a house in Rehoboth for 12-16k per week, especially if you must have ocean block that can sleep 25 people. The house we rent goes for about 4.5k per week, sleeps 10, and is about a 12 minute walk from the beach (an easy walk, still on the beach side of Route 1). FYI, my older child went to OC a couple times with a friend and thinks Rehoboth is way better.

If I'm going to the beach, I want to be at the beach, not a 12 minute walk through the pine forest with chairs and umbrellas, towels, sand toys and food and drinks for the day. No thanks.

Enjoy sitting in traffic or in your car for many more hours for your perfect destination. It is what it is.

I don't enjoy the drive there, but once I get there, I park my car, and it doesn't move. Traffic on Rt 1 is horrific. You could not pay me to go dow 95 to OBX though.

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How about Cape May as an alternative? What’s the story there?

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Anonymous wrote: If I'm going to the beach, I want to be at the beach, not a 12 minute walk through the pine forest with chairs and umbrellas, towels, sand toys and food and drinks for the day. No thanks.

It's negotiable.

What's not negotiable is representing a house 10 minutes from a beach as a "beach house". That's a false representation.

Enjoy sitting in traffic or in your car for many more hours for your perfect destination. It is what it is.

The difference between the Rehoboth house 12 minutes from the beach, and a Rehoboth house on the beach, is "hours" of traffic?

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Anonymous wrote:Rehoboth is more family-oriented and traditionally has an LGBTQ+ presence.

Dewey is drunk singles. 20-somethings piled into group houses.

Lewes and Bethany are pretty dead. Not much town life. No boardwalk.

With what you describe, I'd pick Rehoboth.

Bethany has a boardwalk.

No it has a block.

Bethany is gross. OP do Rehoboth

Rehoboth is trashy.

What’s trash about Rehoboth?

Rehoboth has gone downhill. We went there on a Saturday night last summer. I have not been in about 4-5 years. So crowded and the type of people there was resembling more like the OC crowd. I was shocked by the change.

Kind of true but so has OC. It’s much worse. New houses are going for $4-5m in Rehoboth and weekly rentals for $6-7k for a condo. A house for a week would be in the $12-$16k range.

Are you serious?

My God this area is gotten overrated.

You CAN rent a house in Rehoboth for 12-16k per week, especially if you must have ocean block that can sleep 25 people. The house we rent goes for about 4.5k per week, sleeps 10, and is about a 12 minute walk from the beach (an easy walk, still on the beach side of Route 1). FYI, my older child went to OC a couple times with a friend and thinks Rehoboth is way better.

If I'm going to the beach, I want to be at the beach, not a 12 minute walk through the pine forest with chairs and umbrellas, towels, sand toys and food and drinks for the day. No thanks.

Pine forest? We walk on sidewalks, and I guess since our kids are older teens, we don't really need all of those "things" for the beach, and we're all capable of walking 5 blocks.