Anonymous
05/12/2026 10:40
Subject: Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:How many months of the year can these northern lakes that are superior to southern lakes be used?
Year round. Ice fishing, polar plunge, etc.
Bonus: no brain-eating amoeba!
Anonymous
05/12/2026 10:21
Subject: Beach house vs lake house
A lake house for sure because I don't want to deal with hurricanes, erosion, insurance. I would say no to being near a river as well. The lake has the advantages without the drawbacks.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 09:14
Subject: Re:Beach house vs lake house
I prefer my Superyacht.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 07:54
Subject: Beach house vs lake house
How many months of the year can these northern lakes that are superior to southern lakes be used?
Anonymous
05/12/2026 00:20
Subject: Re:Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the snake issue either. I mean, there are sharks in the ocean…
The people afraid of snakes aren’t getting into the ocean.
Oh yes we are. We have a beach house and I'm in the ocean twice a day. Don't like the darker water of lakes - don't know what else is in the water with me.
Not all lakes are dark. Some are crystal clear.
+1 And the water at many ocean beaches are too dark to see what creatures you are stepping on, like jelly fish and sting rays.
Yeah, idk what PP above is smoking saying the ocean water is clear at their beach house unless their beach house is in Naples FL or somewhere else on the gulf or maybe Hawaii. That brackish mid Atlantic Ocean water is darkkkk and that holds for the entire east coast.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 23:19
Subject: Re:Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the snake issue either. I mean, there are sharks in the ocean…
The people afraid of snakes aren’t getting into the ocean.
Oh yes we are. We have a beach house and I'm in the ocean twice a day. Don't like the darker water of lakes - don't know what else is in the water with me.
Not all lakes are dark. Some are crystal clear.
+1 And the water at many ocean beaches are too dark to see what creatures you are stepping on, like jelly fish and sting rays.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 23:17
Subject: Beach house vs lake house
I hate beaches, but I'd go back to Cow Wreck beach on Anagada.
Give me Lake Tahoe any day, though.
Give me Lake Tahoe any day, though.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 22:55
Subject: Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Beach x 100.
Lake water seems murky and slimy.
The ocean is full of medical waste, pollution and human feces.
So are lakes.
The difference is the ocean is massive and moves the problematic toxins away while lakes just absorb them.
Even the cleanest lakes up north periodically have toxic blooms. Google your favorite lake to pull water quality reports and don’t forget to do a google news search.
Maybe the ones around here, but not the ones in remote areas of New England.
I thought that too until I did a little research. Hint: even lakes in ME, NH, VT, etc. experience unsafe conditions that I wouldn’t set foot in. And some have experienced toxic conditions that made the news.
Again: google it. You might find it eye opening.
Plus: snakes. 🐍
An amazing lake house on a pristine lake is fun for a few days, but then it gets really boring. I’m Team Beach 1000%.
I checked our lake. It's monitored by the state (as are all lakes). No issues. No farms nearby. Not a lot of homes on the lake. Most of it is park land.
Have you been to a lake in New England? They aren't like the man made lakes in the south/mid-atlantic.
I do love the ocean, but the lake house is our happy place. We love paddleboarding, kayaking, swimming, etc. Ice fishing in the winter.
You can do all that on the bay at the beach too though.
Bays are nasty backwater.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 22:42
Subject: Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Beach x 100.
Lake water seems murky and slimy.
The ocean is full of medical waste, pollution and human feces.
So are lakes.
The difference is the ocean is massive and moves the problematic toxins away while lakes just absorb them.
Even the cleanest lakes up north periodically have toxic blooms. Google your favorite lake to pull water quality reports and don’t forget to do a google news search.
Maybe the ones around here, but not the ones in remote areas of New England.
I thought that too until I did a little research. Hint: even lakes in ME, NH, VT, etc. experience unsafe conditions that I wouldn’t set foot in. And some have experienced toxic conditions that made the news.
Again: google it. You might find it eye opening.
Plus: snakes. 🐍
An amazing lake house on a pristine lake is fun for a few days, but then it gets really boring. I’m Team Beach 1000%.
I checked our lake. It's monitored by the state (as are all lakes). No issues. No farms nearby. Not a lot of homes on the lake. Most of it is park land.
Have you been to a lake in New England? They aren't like the man made lakes in the south/mid-atlantic.
I do love the ocean, but the lake house is our happy place. We love paddleboarding, kayaking, swimming, etc. Ice fishing in the winter.
You can do all that on the bay at the beach too though.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 08:21
Subject: Re:Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the snake issue either. I mean, there are sharks in the ocean…
Cape cod, we were told to download the sharktivity app to stay aware by the resort.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 08:13
Subject: Re:Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the snake issue either. I mean, there are sharks in the ocean…
The people afraid of snakes aren’t getting into the ocean.
Oh yes we are. We have a beach house and I'm in the ocean twice a day. Don't like the darker water of lakes - don't know what else is in the water with me.
Not all lakes are dark. Some are crystal clear.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 00:53
Subject: Re:Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the snake issue either. I mean, there are sharks in the ocean…
The people afraid of snakes aren’t getting into the ocean.
Oh yes we are. We have a beach house and I'm in the ocean twice a day. Don't like the darker water of lakes - don't know what else is in the water with me.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 00:51
Subject: Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:Lakes have snakes.
Have you googled the water quality in your favorite lake? It’s eye opening. Is it within 5-10 miles of a farm? If so, the fertilizer and pesticides are found in the lake. Dairy farm? Enjoy the poopy lake. Even the clearest lakes are shockingly dangerous given all the toxins.
PS - Man made lakes are usually the worst.
+1! Snakes. I'd rather face a shark or jelly fish than a snake. Love our beach house, though probably going to have to sell it when we retire. Can't float the increasing insurance cost and property taxes on top of the DC house.
Anonymous
05/11/2026 00:03
Subject: Re:Beach house vs lake house
Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the snake issue either. I mean, there are sharks in the ocean…
The people afraid of snakes aren’t getting into the ocean.
Anonymous
05/10/2026 23:31
Subject: Re:Beach house vs lake house
I don’t get the snake issue either. I mean, there are sharks in the ocean…