I went for a ride the other day with my
Calvin and we decided to cruise along Ocean Boulevard. For those of you that have not been to the
beach in the last 5 years, there has been a great deal of change in the
infrastructure and aesthetics of the Boulevard.
It was approximately 10 a.m. and I noticed that it was rather cool for a
sunny August morning. Then, it occurred to me.
There is no sun on the Boulevard?
This is because, when the city opened a construction window, all of the
smaller hotels were replaced by behemoth hotels that literally block out the
sunlight unless it is high noon. Upon
further inspection, I realized that it was on both sides of the Boulevard that
these buildings had been placed. This
would mean that the only sunlight to reach the street level on this road would
be at…wait for it…high noon. That leaves
a very small window of sunlight for the street to be lit up.
I found that to be horrible. People come to the beach for sunlight. Not inner city appearances. I understand the need to accommodate more
people, I do, however it is terrible to decimate the landscape like that. Not to mention the fact that you are quite
possibly changing the weather patterns for miles inland. The breeze off the water is wonderful and it
makes for quite a windy area when the wind has nowhere to go but up. Some of it will not go up but waift around on
the beach front for a while before dying down.
This makes it warmer further inland when the only wind in the forecast
comes off the water. Sure, it can come
in through the space between the buildings but mother nature is a finicky sort
and is not too fond of people interfering with her art. She gets angry and lets humans know with her
wrath.
Why would a greed sumbish want to do that
and cause economic hardship that could ultimately hurt his own pocket? I may be grasping for straws but let’s look
at the big picture here. The buildings
at the waterfront reach to nosebleed heights.
Then there is no sun on the Boulevard and you affect weather patterns
that come off the beach. The weather
patterns themselves can be catastrophic if there is a massive hurricane or
tidal wave. Even flooding could hinder
the foundations of the buildings and end up in required condemnation for
repair. Then you affect the weather
inland. For the farmers, they have to
find other ways to protect their crops and even spend their hard earned money
on different equipment to irrigate their land to ensure that their crops are
growing properly. If they are spending
their extra money on equipment due to scorching weather patterns due to
unnatural fixtures at the beach, then they are not going on vacation to come
and spend money in your shiny new hotel that you just built on the beach. In turn, they have to raise the prices on their
goods or sell their land off to developers which results in higher prices for
the consumers and allows for consumers to purchase things other than going on
vacation from the homes they already have.
Higher prices for necessary goods like food and clothing causes
consumers to travel less and they will not come to the beach either and stay in
your shiny new hotel because they are too busy trying to survive on the money
they have and are only purchasing necessaries.
Now, all your stuff in this new behemoth of
a building is shiny and you may have the nine pools and other amenities. But people come to the beach for sun, sand,
and surf. You are creating a society of
cave babies because they are too busy spending time in doors and not enjoying
the relaxing areas that mother nature provided for us to use in the first
place. Cave babies will turn into
zombies and then we have an apocalypse on our hands and you definitely get no
riches then. If a zombie apocalypse
occurs, life goes back to a simpler time and those with the big face money in
their pockets and no idea how to survive are no longer rich and become the
bottom of the food chain or even a zombie themselves.
These rich hotel owners spend their lives
sucking the life out of people by making money the most important thing ever
and forcing people to aspire to some material god that they fail to realize
they are their own downfall. What kind
of world is that to live in? Where do we
go from here?
I know that, without a doubt, my family
will survive and will be quite “wealthy” were there every be some catastrophic
thing as a Zombie Apocalypse. Thanks
frivolous hotel owner for bringing it upon all of us. If I ever see you being chased by one of your
creations (Zombie) I will sit on my roof top and chuckle. No worries, I will use your newfound “friend”
as target practice….after it is done with you.
What do YOU think?
