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Post by Doowopper on Aug 25, 2006 19:39:00 GMT -5
WW will always get the business with all the naiive teens and college kids who don't know any better what's going on. They'll simply rent a condo for a place to crash and hang out. Check Webshots for albums from young people it shows them staying at a condo. I bet many of them don't even realize that the condo they're staying at was once a 50's motel. To them (the 16-25 age) WW is simply a place to "party" and hang out with their friends in the summer. It probably doesn't matter to them what is being lost or what was lost like the Flyer, Castle, etc. If the Nugget burned down tomorrow I bet most wouldn't care, mostly the young ones who never experienced Hunt's the way it was. The old timers would probably cry. That's kind of unfair. I'm young, and I care about the demolition. While Wildwood is very popular in school for partying senior week, etc., I was surprised to hear many people talk about how bad the new construction looks, teachers and students alike.
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Post by nance on Aug 26, 2006 3:36:41 GMT -5
I'm sure you care about the demolition, Doowopper, but what we're trying to say is how we remember the way it was. I think years ago it was more family-oriented. I think it bothers us most because we lived that era when all these wonderful buildings or places were in their prime and now these huge, fancy condos, motels are taking over, so the little guy, that once not too long ago was pretty darn proud of what he had, well, he kind of gets pushed in the background.
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Post by nance on Aug 28, 2006 3:27:44 GMT -5
Or, maybe by this time, he's ready to take the buy-out and retire? What do you think?
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Post by Robert on Aug 30, 2006 1:16:22 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure more people would care more if they actually did something to stop a demolition. I guess going out there in front of the bulldozers with picket signs won't do any good. Or, for someone to actually buy a motel to keep it. It might be more hard work and less profit, but hey this is history at stake. If people don't take action now, there won't be anything left to save by 2020.
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Post by nance on Aug 30, 2006 1:52:10 GMT -5
I agree, but the owners of these older motels, are they the original ownders that think, "Well, this is it, I've had enough." or is it someone else who took over and is tired of the higher competition. I asked this question before and I don't think anyone really answered it; but if some big corporation came in and wanted to buy so many motels to build condos or whatever and you refused to sell out, what would happen there?
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Post by helen on Sept 18, 2006 21:48:39 GMT -5
How do you refuse to sell when you are older and want to retire? Most of the people who sold never in their craziest dreams thought they could get what they did. It was the crazy real estate market that made them sell. It will slow down now.
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Post by Robert on Sept 18, 2006 23:19:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess market forces and money are the main driving forces in the owners selling after many years. If you were a motel owner and someone came knocking on your door offering you several million dollars and a paper for you to sign, you would forget about presservation and sign the paper because to you the money would be more important than saving your building because you would be able to retire rich and buy your own condo somewhere else such as Florida. And then you would say as leaving Wildwood, "Screw the middle, blue collar, working class that made WW for what it was". "Let WW become so expensive that only the white collar, yuppie, affluent, million dollar home, executive job people will be able to afford to stay there". Hopefully that will not happen.
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Post by nance on Sept 19, 2006 2:52:14 GMT -5
Let me tell you a story; there was a farmer that lived down the road from me many years ago. He had an old stone farm house, A beautiful barn, acres and acres of land that he and his family farmed year after year. That place was in his family for generations. Well, along comes somebody who wants to buy his land and wants to build homes and town houses on it. The farmer refused. This went back and forth for years. He used to sell his own corn by the side of the road, which I bought many many times. Anyway, finally, after so many years, this farmer gave in. They had a big write-up in the paper about it, which I kept. He gave in with the stipulation that they don't tear down his farm house. They honored his wishes and it still stands there to this day and they use it as an office for the realtors. This farmer, Charles Reed, as far as I know, is still in a retirement home with over $2,000,000. in his pocket.
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Post by Robert on Sept 19, 2006 8:26:34 GMT -5
Great story, nance. I have a similar problem, the farmer across the street from me might be selling his land to a developer which means yet another new subdivision in our township. This farmer is one of the last in our area. He grows corn in the big field across from me and his house is down the road from me on a dead end road. I saw a sign on a road with empty fields that says New Townhomes Coming Soon. Nothing happened yet. This road is about a mile from me and there are a few homes at the beginning of it but then there's nothing but fields until you go over the hill and then there's an older house on the left with a barn that collapsed then you come out to an intersection then a major road then the PA Turnpike interchange.
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Post by thelastresort on Sept 19, 2006 13:07:50 GMT -5
Let me tell you a story; there was a farmer that lived down the road from me many years ago. He had an old stone farm house, A beautiful barn, acres and acres of land that he and his family farmed year after year. That place was in his family for generations. Well, along comes somebody who wants to buy his land and wants to build homes and town houses on it. The farmer refused. This went back and forth for years. He used to sell his own corn by the side of the road, which I bought many many times. Anyway, finally, after so many years, this farmer gave in. They had a big write-up in the paper about it, which I kept. He gave in with the stipulation that they don't tear down his farm house. They honored his wishes and it still stands there to this day and they use it as an office for the realtors. This farmer, Charles Reed, as far as I know, is still in a retirement home with over $2,000,000. in his pocket. nice story, but I think this is a perfect example of how "the exception proves the rule". for every person like this, there are 1000 who would sell in a heartbeat. And I'm not taking a holier than thou approach, I am a realist, and I can't blame them. As much as I love my house and where we live, if someone were to offer me serious life-altering money for it, and enable me to retire now in my early 40's and pursue other endeavors, I'd help drive the bulldozer, sorry. those who say they wouldn't are full of sh-t.
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Post by Crippled_Visions on Sept 19, 2006 22:04:11 GMT -5
Great story, nance. I have a similar problem, the farmer across the street from me might be selling his land to a developer which means yet another new subdivision in our township. This farmer is one of the last in our area. He grows corn in the big field across from me and his house is down the road from me on a dead end road. I saw a sign on a road with empty fields that says New Townhomes Coming Soon. Nothing happened yet. This road is about a mile from me and there are a few homes at the beginning of it but then there's nothing but fields until you go over the hill and then there's an older house on the left with a barn that collapsed then you come out to an intersection then a major road then the PA Turnpike interchange. At least you won't have to smell cow sh_t blowing into your house when the farmer fertilizes the fields anymore Robert.
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Post by nance on Sept 20, 2006 0:50:15 GMT -5
Thanks for the laugh Crippled!!!!! But I DO have to agree with thelastresort. I'm sure I would do the same thing. Cause, gee, where else could you get that kind of money? And, yes, I do remember smelling the cow****. He also was the last line of farmers in that area.
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