Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 21:10     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches
Anonymous wrote:You summer in CT to sail on the sound, not to drink White Claws while reading People magazine. Rhode Island has nice beaches if you must.


Summer is about a bucket of Tharashers, bucket of Rolling Rocks and all you can eat fried shrimps. Life's good...git some.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 20:58     Subject: Re:Not impressed with CT beaches
The Hamptons. Impeccable beaches.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 18:40     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches
You summer in CT to sail on the sound, not to drink White Claws while reading People magazine. Rhode Island has nice beaches if you must.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 18:40     Subject: Re:Not impressed with CT beaches
The best ones are on the Gulf of Mexico.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 18:34     Subject: Re:Not impressed with CT beaches
Anonymous wrote:I spent part of my childhood in Cali and a smaller portion on a tropical island so I am often unimpressed with any beach that is on the eastern side of the US. That said I think Rye, New York is a pretty good option. Stay away from New Jersey beaches though...they are cesspools.


To YOU. I grew up going "down the shore" If you don't like it than please stay away. I have many fond memories of spending time there!
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 18:12     Subject: Re:Not impressed with CT beaches
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I spent part of my childhood in Cali and a smaller portion on a tropical island so I am often unimpressed with any beach that is on the eastern side of the US. That said I think Rye, New York is a pretty good option. Stay away from New Jersey beaches though...they are cesspools.


Cali beaches are beautiful but not for swimming. Last time summer at the ocean in so cal the seaweed was so thick you lhad to struggle to enter the water.
You do realize that California is more than just LA right?
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 18:01     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches
Anonymous wrote:Long Island has some of the nicest beaches in the country-- Montauk area.


Agreed, I am heading there next week!

But she is talking about the CT beaches, which are on the Long Island Sound, and are nothing to write home about
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 17:37     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches
Long Island has some of the nicest beaches in the country-- Montauk area.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 17:02     Subject: Re:Not impressed with CT beaches
Anonymous wrote:I spent part of my childhood in Cali and a smaller portion on a tropical island so I am often unimpressed with any beach that is on the eastern side of the US. That said I think Rye, New York is a pretty good option. Stay away from New Jersey beaches though...they are cesspools.


Cali beaches are beautiful but not for swimming. Last time summer at the ocean in so cal the seaweed was so thick you lhad to struggle to enter the water.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 16:58     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches

Why didn't you do your research, OP????

This is on you.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 16:55     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Comparing CT beaches (Long Island Sound) to MA beaches (Atlantic Ocean) is like comparing a beach on the Chesapeake Bay to Ocean City. I grew up in coastal Connecticut. It has charm and can be a nice place to spend a day but isn’t really a ‘beach’ destination the way the Cape is. RI/MA ocean beaches are definitely rockier/weedier/colder than OBX but have a good vibe.


+1. I grew up on the beach in Fairfield County. It's a nice beach for being commuting distance from NYC, but it's not a beach destination and is nothing compared to Cape Cod. My friends who still live there and have money still take real beach vacations on Nantucket. That said, having a local beach (and lovely town pool clubs with no wait lists) does make those towns much more pleasant to live in than Bethesda!!!


Amen.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 14:39     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches
Why didn’t you go to NJ again?
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 14:29     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Comparing CT beaches (Long Island Sound) to MA beaches (Atlantic Ocean) is like comparing a beach on the Chesapeake Bay to Ocean City. I grew up in coastal Connecticut. It has charm and can be a nice place to spend a day but isn’t really a ‘beach’ destination the way the Cape is. RI/MA ocean beaches are definitely rockier/weedier/colder than OBX but have a good vibe.


+1. I grew up on the beach in Fairfield County. It's a nice beach for being commuting distance from NYC, but it's not a beach destination and is nothing compared to Cape Cod. My friends who still live there and have money still take real beach vacations on Nantucket. That said, having a local beach (and lovely town pool clubs with no wait lists) does make those towns much more pleasant to live in than Bethesda!!!


Totally agree. Would love to be back at Compo right now.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 13:15     Subject: Not impressed with CT beaches
I grew up on the CT shore. We’re not known for our beaches. But at least they’re never really crowded.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2020 12:52     Subject: Re:Not impressed with CT beaches
The beaches on the LI Sound, especially on the CT side were formed when glaciers retreated millions of years ago leaving behind sand and rockY beaches, not like the wide sandy beaches on the Atlantic, especially the south side of Long Island. Those who live near those beaches love it because tourists go elsewhere! If you do go wear flip flops and you will be fine.