Has Rehoboth Beach changed for the worse ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:it's not surprising that the same rich white folks supporting BLM are at the same time criticizing trashy people at the beach. so they would be ok with george floyd settling down next to them on the beach vs. some fat white lady covered in tattoos. hypocrites. I hope all the beaches go "downhill" so you can just hole up at your country club so no one has to be exposed to your prejudice and hate.

You have issues.

Why? because being classist is acceptable? Or because it is ok to support BLM but fight against having your kid rezoned to another school a mile further that has more black/brown/lower ses? I know your type. they are everwhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's not surprising that the same rich white folks supporting BLM are at the same time criticizing trashy people at the beach. so they would be ok with george floyd settling down next to them on the beach vs. some fat white lady covered in tattoos. hypocrites. I hope all the beaches go "downhill" so you can just hole up at your country club so no one has to be exposed to your prejudice and hate.

You have issues.

Why? because being classist is acceptable? Or because it is ok to support BLM but fight against having your kid rezoned to another school a mile further that has more black/brown/lower ses? I know your type. they are everwhere.

Limousine liberals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is too crowded these days, and for the amount it costs to stay there, I go someplace nicer. Don't feel that the crowd has changed, just too many people!!!!

+1

I think all the build out in surrounding towns, Millville, etc has caused a lot more crowding. Staying in Rehoboth or Bethany now is too expensive for what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rehoboth is likely to feel more low class this summer because Funland is closed, which has always been a draw for middle class families with children. So I don't think families with money to spend are going to be spending much time on the boardwalk. it's going to be more groups of rowdy and bored teens and early twenties. And more and more lower class people from Pennsylvania have decided Delaware beaches are their destination of choice. I don't think as many DC-based folks travel to Delaware as they used to.

I grew up in Delaware and spent my summers working there (Grottos, Jake's Seafood, etc.). Grottos used to be a job of choice for spunky, fit local teens and college kids. The last time I visited the staff were all fat and frumpy rednecks. Rehoboth is also very, very dependent upon J-1 visa workers and this summer they don't have them.

Low class? fat and frumpy? you are prejudiced and judgemental. where are you going to vacation now????

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Anonymous wrote:I have a seven-figure net worth but wear a size 16. is Rehoboth right for me?

Yes. You can afford it but may look the part lol.

Our society is very unforgiving of overweight people, more than race and money.

OP, take a visit to PC Beach in Florida. (Panama City Beach). I'm a size 16 and I felt postively svelte on Panama City Beach. I think most of the women
on the beach were over 250 pounds.

[Anonymous]

I worked in the Rehoboth and OC area in the late 1970's and thru the 1980's.

At that time Rehoboth was gay couples and old school, old name families from Wilmington and Philadelphia who had had the family beach houses going back to the 1920's. Both Rehoboth and OC were surrounded by farms. Peaches were
grown right out of Rehoboth and also corn. In the 1970's a number of mobile home parks were developed in the Millville
Long Neck Millsboro and Dagsoboro areas. If a tract of farm land went to auction local lawyers bought up the land and put in mobile home parks that house thousands of residents.

Selbyville and Georgetown both have large chicken processing factories. In the 1970's the production lines
were mostly staffed by white middle aged ladies.

Now white and black people don't want to work in the chicken factories so the chicken companies recruit Haitians and Hispanic workers from South Florida to move to Delaware.

A huge amount of land in the area 40 miles to the coast and in between has been developed and is marketed to retires. Delaware has low property taxes although that will most likely be changing.

Other than the poultry industry and some retail there is not much in the way of year round jobs in Sussex County. Residents drive a long way typically for work.

I think the huge development over the decades starting with the trailer parks in the 70's and the housing developments that displaced what was farmland has changed the density of Rehoboth from what it used to be:
upper crust residents from the Mainline and the well to do from Wilmington and gay partners from the DC area.

[Anonymous]

I noticed a week ago when I was in OC that there are tons of cars on the road from NY, Nj and PA. You typically never see cars from these states in OC Md. I suspect Rehoboth is getting in influx of folks from NY, NJ and PA too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I noticed a week ago when I was in OC that there are tons of cars on the road from NY, Nj and PA. You typically never see cars from these states in OC Md. I suspect Rehoboth is getting in influx of folks from NY, NJ and PA too.

That trend has been around at least 15 years.

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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.

"They" didnt'- when you say "gay community" you mean middle aged or older, affluent white gay men and literally ONLY that narrow segment of the gay community were in Rehoboth. Rehoboth still retains is queer friendly reputation, not sure if its well deserved or a hangover from years prior but I will say it does seem more welcoming of lesbians and younger queer people, who tend not to segregate by color the way that the Rehoboth dudes did in the ealrly 00s and before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We went to both Rehoboth and Bethany last week. It was like night and day. RB was full of trashy people with awful behavior (and parenting). BB was full of non-trashy people with much better behavior: more respectful to fellow beach goers and better parenting.

It had nothing to go with race.

My kids went to Bethanybon the 4th of July and you could get acid, Xanys, weed and alcohol on the beach.

This is not new- rich kids have had the best drugs since time began!

[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?

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/

We own a house on Martha’s Vineyard. It isn’t snooty at all. But there aren’t all the trashy people that OP is complaining about. Nantucket is definitely more snobby.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed a week ago when I was in OC that there are tons of cars on the road from NY, Nj and PA. You typically never see cars from these states in OC Md. I suspect Rehoboth is getting in influx of folks from NY, NJ and PA too.

That trend has been around at least 15 years.

At least. I grew up going to OCMD from the tristate area and half the families in my neighborhood too (90s)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the ridiculous assumptions in this thread. Preppy look = Upscale. Tattoo = trash. Are you all a bunch of grandmothers from Evanston posting here?

Look, if you're renting, you're not really "upscale" no matter how high you pop that collar. We've owned a little place in chilmark since the 90s and my 3 tattoos and I love to go there off season, together with my nose stud.

Oh please, you know what OP is referring to when she describes people with tattoos and piercings. Don’t be deliberately obtuse.
You are exactly the hippy vibe that is embraced and is popular on MV. OP is talking about the fat tattooed guy wearing a tank top that says I flexed and the sleeves fell off who is complaining about the lack of boardwalk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the ridiculous assumptions in this thread. Preppy look = Upscale. Tattoo = trash. Are you all a bunch of grandmothers from Evanston posting here?

Look, if you're renting, you're not really "upscale" no matter how high you pop that collar. We've owned a little place in chilmark since the 90s and my 3 tattoos and I love to go there off season, together with my nose stud.

Oh please, you know what OP is referring to when she describes people with tattoos and piercings. Don’t be deliberately obtuse.
You are exactly the hippy vibe that is embraced and is popular on MV. OP is talking about the fat tattooed guy wearing a tank top that says I flexed and the sleeves fell off who is complaining about the lack of boardwalk.

So why do "trashy people" bother you? Is it because they tend to be overweight and drinking coke directly from the 2l bottle? Or because they drink budweiser? Or they aren't as uptight as you? I really want to know because I was just at the beach, surrounded by people that fit this description and all I can see was they were having a great time.

[Anonymous]

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.

So PP, you are seeking places that are more white and upscale? Is race really that important to you? I’m asking because I’m just shocked by your post (especially in this day and age).