The Out-Of-Towners

“Locals lament the boors at the Jersey Shore,” Philadelphia Inquirer, by Jacqueline L. Urgo, yesterday:

Up and down the coast, from June to September, police, beach patrols, real estate agents, and just about anyone else who will listen field calls and complaints about disorderly conduct, or trespassing, or misappropriated parking spots, or streakers on the beach, or tourists feeding seagulls.

“There’s an old saying at the Shore that people check their brain at the bridge when they come here for vacation,” said Avalon Chief of Police Stephen Sykes. “Some of them just seem to let go of all common sense, and 90 percent of what they do here are things they wouldn’t dream of doing back home in Pennsylvania or North Jersey.”

Sykes said his department gets so many complaints in the locals-vs.-visitors category each summer that “at some point, we all just stop shaking our heads over it.”

“Curbing drunks is fine with most fans: 20 arrested as Eagles crack down on rowdies,” Philadelphia Daily News, by April Adamson, Nov. 24, 2997:

During yesterday’s showdown with the Steelers, 20 fans were arrested .

Perhaps the biggest surprise was that only one of the 20 people who were collarred was a Philadelphia resident. Most of those nabbed hail from New York, New Jersey, Delaware and the Pennsylvania suburbs.

People are assholes. People from out-of-town are even bigger assholes. Nothing’s changed in nine years.

Locals lament the boors at the Jersey shore [Inquirer]