VBRonPaulFan
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i've lived in VB pretty much all my life (I actually live the next county over now, but I work at the oceanfront where this is enforced). this law is completely asinine, but it is a last ditch attempt by the local government at trying to 'reclaim' the oceanfront. they want it to be a kids/family friendly place. however, in the last 10 years it has gotten pretty goddamn bad at the oceanfront at night. a few bars on one block bring a lot of family unfriendly people around. mostly drunk navy assholes and ghetto jerkoffs that want to fight everyone or cause problems. when they put this in, they did a lot of other crap down there to try to revitalize the area but it didn't really work. the tourist industry there is way down and I don't really see it coming back like it was. the ticket itself is only like 40 or 50 bucks. you might be able to fight it, but i doubt you'd be able to get out of it.
oh yeah, some other fun 'laws' they put in about the same time that I can think of:
no "cruising" on the strip. a lot of car clubs used to like to get together and ride up/down the strip. it's about an 8 mile long strip of road that runs parallel to the ocean and its a 25mph speed limit. you used to be able to sit down there and see some pretty badass cars driving back and forth. can't do that now. if a cop singles you out and sees you make more than a pass or two they can give you a ticket.... lawl.
no drinking in public. pretty crazy for being an ocean/beach destination. can't even sit on the beach and drink a beer.
basically everywhere down there is no skateboarding anymore. it isn't a city ordinance, but they will kick your ass out of anywhere really quick now.
not sure if this passed or not, but they were trying to make everywhere at the oceanfront no smoking as well. i don't smoke and I don't go down there to party... so I can't recall if this went through or not.
oh yeah, some other fun 'laws' they put in about the same time that I can think of:
no "cruising" on the strip. a lot of car clubs used to like to get together and ride up/down the strip. it's about an 8 mile long strip of road that runs parallel to the ocean and its a 25mph speed limit. you used to be able to sit down there and see some pretty badass cars driving back and forth. can't do that now. if a cop singles you out and sees you make more than a pass or two they can give you a ticket.... lawl.
no drinking in public. pretty crazy for being an ocean/beach destination. can't even sit on the beach and drink a beer.
basically everywhere down there is no skateboarding anymore. it isn't a city ordinance, but they will kick your ass out of anywhere really quick now.
not sure if this passed or not, but they were trying to make everywhere at the oceanfront no smoking as well. i don't smoke and I don't go down there to party... so I can't recall if this went through or not.
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