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Living On the Beach
By Bill Coleman
Who hasn't thought about living on the beach? Got to be a few, but probably not that many. For some reason, probably genetic, people flock to the water. I lived on the Gulf of Mexico, specifically Gulf Shores, Alabama for 11 years. During that time I lived in a Gulf front condo, a beach house across from the beach on a lagoon, a condo on a back bay, a condo across the street from the beach and and finally a home in a subdivision where I could still hear the waves from an open window. That's the thing about beach living - nothing is ever permanent and generally the longer one lives there the less permanent it feels. The closer one clings to the beach, generally the more moving around he does. I guess, even if one doesn't realize it, he is trying to find safer ground without giving up what the beach has to offer. Some people quickly find out that shifting sands is not their thing and and move a few miles inland to higher ground or even all the way back home like my sister did. She lasted three months, even dragging all her furniture, including a baby grand piano, round trip. Yet some are so attached to the water that they wouldn't leave for anything short of having their beach town swept out to sea. As somebody who has lived on the coast, I can say a lot of good things about it. The fishing, the sunsets, the beach walks, the shell collecting, the seafood, the boating - it goes on and on. But there's always that other side of beach living: the hurricanes, the floods, the insurance adjusters, the smell that lingers long after the hurricane is gone. And there's the knowledge that it can happen again - next week, next month, next season. It is not a matter of if, but when. There's always the worry that one's home might become impossible to sell should hurricanes become more common and flood plains are moved farther and father inland by the government and insurance companies. So I wouldn't take anything for the memories of my eleven years on the beach, but I'm happy to be home. |
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